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Montgomeryite from
Tip Top Mine, Fourmile, Custer Mining District, Custer County, South Dakota, USA


Locality type:Open-Cast Mine
Classification
Species:Montgomeryite
Formula:Ca4MgAl4(PO4)6(OH)4 · 12H2O
Quality for species:Excellent - world class for species or very significant. (!!)
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Whitlockite44 photos of Montgomeryite associated with Whitlockite at this locality.
Tiptopite36 photos of Montgomeryite associated with Tiptopite at this locality.
Roscherite32 photos of Montgomeryite associated with Roscherite at this locality.
Robertsite29 photos of Montgomeryite associated with Robertsite at this locality.
Englishite26 photos of Montgomeryite associated with Englishite at this locality.
Mitridatite15 photos of Montgomeryite associated with Mitridatite at this locality.
Fairfieldite15 photos of Montgomeryite associated with Fairfieldite at this locality.
Beryl11 photos of Montgomeryite associated with Beryl at this locality.
Microcline10 photos of Montgomeryite associated with Microcline at this locality.
Hurlbutite7 photos of Montgomeryite associated with Hurlbutite at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Montgomeryite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Tip Top Mine, Fourmile, Custer Mining District, Custer County, South Dakota, USA
Photo GalleryView Gallery (80 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:43512
Long-form Identifier:1:3:43512:7
GUID (UUID V4):871f6ee2-cd01-4c89-b532-89c3ca2121fa
Nearest other occurrences of Montgomeryite
9.6km (6.0 miles) White Elephant Mine, Cicero Peak, Pringle, Custer Mining District, Custer County, South Dakota, USA
27.2km (16.9 miles) Etta Mine, Keystone, Keystone Mining District, Pennington County, South Dakota, USA
71.6km (44.5 miles) Wharf Mine, Bald Mountain Mining District (Portland Mining District), Lawrence County, South Dakota, USA
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Google seemed to average twelve states (North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas, Minnesota, Iowa, Missouri...Mineral Show® committee annexed a chunk of the South to this core and chose to feature sixteen “Midwest”...per state. Four states— Michigan, Wisconsin, South Dakota, and Arkansas—at the periphery of the area tally...species being described from just one mine, the Tip Top, in South Dakota. (Note: There are no type locality...occurrences in only four Midwestern states: North Dakota, Nebraska, Oklahoma, and Kentucky; these might
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
[University of Connecticut] at 20:42 14 January 2015 South Dakota is perhaps best known for its pegmatites, which...Hills are responsible for the accessibility of South Dakota’s itbundant and diverse mineral locations...secondary phosphate minerals. Although some pegmatite mining for feldspar still continues (Jacobson 1994). the...except for the Homestake mine, which has operated for more than 120 years, most mining in the area peaked in...and fewer chances to obtain any. However, some mining, mineral exploration, and mineral collecting continues
Journal (issue)
CA Articles Great pockets: the National Belle mine ..................................................Rosemeyer Phosphate minerals from the Tip Top mine, Black Hills, South D a k o ta ............................... 255 by N. L. Bennett The Buca della Vena mine, Tuscany, I ta ly ................................R. Kampf Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County George Robinson National Museums of Canada Arthur...------------------ 4 the « ♦ » ------- National Belle mine Arthur E. Smith, Jr. 9118 Concho Street Houston
Report (issue)
Montgomeryite Ca4 MgAl4 (PO4 )6 (OH)4 • 12H2 O c 2001-2005 Mineral Data Publishing, version 1 Crystal...6.235–6.243 X-ray Powder Pattern: Tip Top mine, South Dakota, USA. (ICDD 35-624). 12.0 (100), 5.11 (65)...0] 100.00 (1) Fairfield, Utah, USA. (2) Tip Top mine, South Dakota, USA; by electron microprobe, total...Group: Montgomeryite group. Occurrence: In sedimentary phosphatic nodules (Fairfield, Utah, USA); a late...oxidized phosphate nodules in granite pegmatite (South Dakota, USA). Association: Variscite, englishite, wardite
Report (issue)
111◦ 160 X-ray Powder Pattern: Fairfield, Utah, USA. 8.94 (10), 17.66 (9), 2.84 (8), 5.57 (6), 2.96 (6)...4 [100.6] 100.00 (1) Little Green Monster mine, Utah, USA; by electron microprobe, H2 O by the Penfield...(PO4 )20.77 (OH)7.11 • 26.14H2 O. (2) Tip Top mine, South Dakota, USA; by electron microprobe, H2 O from...Green Monster mine, Utah, USA); in a complex granite pegmatite (Tip Top mine, South Dakota, USA). Association:...Variscite, montgomeryite, wardite, millisite, crandallite (Little Green Monster mine, Utah, USA); montgomeryite
Report (issue)
Cell Data: Space Group: [C2] (by analogy to montgomeryite). c = 6.258(4) β = 91.16(7)◦ Z = 2 a = 10.029(6)...24.46(1) X-ray Powder Pattern: Foote mine, North Carolina, USA. 5.15 (100), 2.624 (60), 12.23 (50), 2...0.2 14.9 20.6 Total 100.5 (1) Foote mine, North Carolina, USA; by electron microprobe, average of three...(PO4 )6.00 (OH)4 11.6H2 O. Mineral Group: Montgomeryite group. Occurrence: A secondary mineral formed...birnessite (Foote mine, North Carolina, USA); whitlockite, cyrilovite (Tip Top mine, South Dakota, USA); eosphorite
Report (issue)
β = 96.0◦ X-ray Powder Pattern: Tip Top mine, South Dakota, USA. 8.63(10), 2.749 (6), 5.61 (5), 1.623...77 38.45 Total 100.6 100.00 (1) Tip Top mine, South Dakota, USA; by electron microprobe, total Fe as...leucophosphite, jahnsite, montgomeryite, collinsite, huréaulite (Tip Top mine, South Dakota, USA); carbonate-fluorapatite...Distribution: In the USA, from the Tip Top mine, 8.5 km southwest of Custer, and the White Elephant mine, near Pringle...Pringle, Custer Co., and the Gap Lode pegmatite, Pennington Co., South Dakota; in the White Picacho district
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
dimorph of fransoletite from the Tip Top Pegmatite, Custer, South Dakota ANTHoNY R. Knnrpr Mineralogy Section...dimorph of fransoletitefrom the Tip Top Pegmatitenear Custer,South Dakota. Cell parametersarea: 7.327(l)...fracture surfacesin beryl along with roscherite,montgomeryite, robertsite, mitridatite, whitlockite, and englishite...DC (NMNH no. In terms of speciesdiversity, the Tip Top Pegmatiteis one of the world's most prolific sources...the l9 known beryllophosphateminerals. At the Tip Top mine all eight occur along fracture surfacesin beryl
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
NEW JAHNSITE-GROUP MINERAL FROM THE NORTHERN BELLE MINE, CANDELARIA, NEVADA, U.S.A. ANTHONY R. KAMPF§ Mineral...Department, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, 900 Exposition Boulevard, Los Angeles, California...California 90007, U.S.A. PAUL M. ADAMS 126 South Helberta Avenue #2, Redondo Beach, California 90277, U.S...CaMg3Al2(PO4)4(OH)28H2O, is a new mineral from the Northern Belle mine, Candelaria, Nevada, U.S.A. It is a low temperature...associated with crandallite, fluorwavellite, montgomeryite, and variscite/metavariscite. The mineral occurs
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
JnnnnsJ. Nonrou 3612 WonderlandDrive, Rapid City, South Dakota 57702,U.S.A Willard Lincoln Roberts died March...major collections in British museums. He bethe South Dakota School of Mines and Technology in gan his geologiceducation...geologiceducation at Biaritz American UniverRapid City, South Dakota. His wife of four decades,who sity, Biarritz...and paleontology at the South director of the museum in 1974and 1975. Dakota School of Mines. He pursuedan...captivate them becamelegendary. humously by the South Dakota School of Mines and Bill alsogavenumerouslecturesto
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Hills of South Dakota THOMAS J . C A M P B E L L and WILLARD L . ROBERTS Museum of Geology South Dakota...Dakota School of Mines and Technology Rapid City, South Dakota 57701 more comprehensive description of the...occurrences as the Black Hills area of western South Dakota. These occurrences are quite diverse, ranging...of the CusterKeystone area, to the Homestake gold mine in Lead, to golden barite-bearing concretions east...the recently added South Dakota room in the Museum of Geology at the South Dakota School of Mines and
Report (issue)
7.0606(13) X-ray Powder Pattern: Tip Top mine, South Dakota, USA. 3.032 (100), 3.619 (80), 2.595 (60)...28.41 15.21 Total 98.9 100.00 (1) Tip Top mine, South Dakota, USA; by electron microprobe, H2 O by Karl...Distribution: USA. Name: Beryl, mitridatite, whitlockite, hurlbutite, roscherite, montgomeryite, englishite...englishite, From the Tip Top mine, 8.5 km southwest of Custer, Custer Co., South Dakota, From the Greek para...National Museum of Natural History, Washington, D.C., USA, 168432. References: (1) Kampf, A.R., P.J. Dunn,
Report (issue)
= 10.109(4) X-ray Powder Pattern: Tip Top mine, South Dakota, USA; close to other whiteites. 9.31 (10)...12.0 9.4 5.6 20.8 Total 100.5 (1) Tip Top mine, South Dakota, USA; by electron microprobe, total Fe as...Association: Montgomeryite, tiptopite, roscherite, englishite, beryl. Distribution: USA. From the Tip Top mine...mine, 8.5 km southwest of Custer, Custer Co., South Dakota, Name: For its relation to sl whiteite-(CaFeMg);...National Museum of Natural History, Washington, D.C., USA, 15085, 163775, R18801. References: (1) Grice, J
Report (issue)
7.0685(13) X-ray Powder Pattern: Tip Top mine, South Dakota, USA. 3.044 (100), 3.47 (90), 3.32 (70)...41 15.21 Total [100.0] 100.00 (1) Tip Top mine, South Dakota, USA; by electron microprobe, Be by AA,...carbonate-apatite, montgomeryite, hurlbutite, englishite, roscherite, quartz. Distribution: USA. From the Tip...Tip Top mine, 8.5 km southwest of Custer, Custer Co., South Dakota, Name: To honor Dr. André-Mathieu...National Museum of Natural History, Washington, D.C., USA, 149607. References: (1) Peacor, D.R., P.J. Dunn
Report (issue)
692(2) Z=1 X-ray Powder Pattern: Tip Top mine, South Dakota, USA. 2.966 (10), 2.525 (9), 2.348 (7),...3 4.5 6.1 9.9 3.4 Total 98.9 (1) Tip Top mine, South Dakota, USA; by electron microprobe, Li and Be...fransoletite, montgomeryite, englishite, beryl, quartz, microcline. Distribution: Dakota, USA. Name: From...From the Tip Top mine, about 8.5 km southwest of Custer, Custer Co., South For its first-noted occurrence...occurrence at the Tip Top mine, South Dakota, USA. Type Material: Canadian Museum of Nature, Ottawa, Canada
Report (issue)
White. Z=1 X-ray Powder Pattern: Tip Top mine, South Dakota, USA. 9.60 (100), 3.684 (90), 3.248 (90)...73 4.91 0.17 1.60 19.38 100.00 (1) Tip Top mine, South Dakota, USA; partial analysis by electron microprobe...tiptopite, montgomeryite. Distribution: USA. At the Tip Top mine, 8.5 km southwest of Custer, Custer Co.,... South Dakota, Name: From Pahasapa, the Lakota Sioux word for the Black Hills, in allusion to the type...National Museum of Natural History, Washington, D.C., USA, 159879. References: (1) Rouse, R.C., D.R. Peacor
Report (issue)
Powder Pattern: [Little Green Monster mine, near] Fairfield, Utah, USA. 9.78 (10), 3.17 (8), 2.83 (7), 2...49 100.00 (1) [Little Green Monster mine, near] Fairfield, Utah, USA. (2) MgAl2 (PO4 )2 (OH)2 • 8H2 O....limestones ([Little Green Monster mine, near] Fairfield, Utah, USA); a late-stage hydrothermal mineral...mineral in a complex granite pegmatite (Tip Top mine, South Dakota, USA). Association: Variscite, crandallite...Monster mine, near] Fairfield, Utah, USA); robertsite, collinsite (Tip Top mine, South Dakota, USA); montgomeryite
Report (issue)
90.5◦ X-ray Powder Pattern: G.E. Smith mine, New Hampshire, USA. 3.67 (10), 3.03 (9), 2.78 (9), 2.21 (9)...Total 100.09 100.00 (1) G.E. Smith mine, New Hampshire, USA; corresponds to Ca0.98 Be2.13 (PO4 )1...muscovite, albite, quartz (G.E. Smith mine, New Hampshire, USA); montebrasite, beryllonite, lithiophilite... englishite, montgomeryite (Tip Top mine, South Dakota, USA). Distribution: In the USA, large crystals...crystals from the G.E. Smith mine, Newport, Sullivan Co., and at the Beauregard pegmatite, Gilsum, Cheshire
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
locations) can belong to one and the same ore district, massif, and formation, or can be located very...for Antisirabe, Madagascar (15 times); Mooihoek, South Africa (6 times); and SareSang, Afghanistan (7...localities Abbreviations: (Dst.) district, area; (Co.) county; (m.) mine; (Mf.) massif; (Q.) quarry; (N)...(N) north, northern latitude; (S) south, southern latitude; (W) west, western longitude; (E) east, eastern...tlapallite 9 – Barberton district \(25°48`S, 31°03`E), Transvaal, South Africa \\1921trevorite (Bon
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Process Science and Engineering, Box 312 Clayton South, Victoria 3169, Australia Geosciences, Museum Victoria...Hagendorf Süd hand specimens from the Cornelia Mine Open Cut (at 67 metres), supplied by Erich Keck...Samples taken from hand specimens from the Cornelia Mine Open Cut at 67 metres, supplied by Dr Erich Keck...structural identity with kingsmountite and montgomeryite (Moore and Araki, 1974a) was confirmed by a powder...probably a new member of the kingsmountite/montgomeryite group with endmember formula Ca4MnFe4(PO4)6(OH)4
Journal (issue)
R. Kampf Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County Arthur Roe Tucson, AZ Abraham Rosenzweig University...36 Deepwood Crescent Don Mills, Ontario M3C 1N8 South Africa: Horst Windisch 30 Van Wouw Street Groenkloof.....157 by C. Albertini Sellaite from the Brumado mine ..................................................Peters and C. H. Grube Red montgomeryite and associated minerals from the Tip Top pegmatite, with notes on...Iron and Washington Counties) and Arizona (Mojave County). This region is one of the last American frontiers
Report (issue)
Z=4 X-ray Powder Pattern: [Palermo #1 mine, New Hampshire, USA]. 4.74 (10), 2.994 (7), 2.591 (7), 3.085...11 Total 99.84 100.00 (1) [Palermo #1 mine, New Hampshire,] USA. (2) NaAl3 (PO4 )2 (OH)4 • 2H2 O. Occurrence:...Green Monster mine, Utah, USA); ferrisicklerite, mitridatite, whitlockite, montgomeryite, fairfieldite...(pegmatites). Distribution: In the USA, from the Little Green Monster mine, Clay Canyon, about nine km west...quarry and the Bell Pit, Newry; at the Palermo #1 mine, North Groton, Grafton Co., New Hampshire; in the
Report (issue)
14.87 Total 100.20 100.99 100.00 3+ (1) Sapucaia mine, Brazil; corresponds to (Na0.74 Mn0.07 K0.06 Ca0...rockbridgeite, strengite, phosphosiderite, jahnsite, montgomeryite, millisite, wardite, apatite, wavellite. Distribution:...pegmatite mine, about 50 km east-southeast of Governador Valadares, and in the Énio pegmatite mine, northeast... and in the Fairview quarry, near Robertstown, South Australia; at Wycheproof, and in the Lake Boga granite...quarry, near Swan Hill, Victoria. In the USA, from the Palermo #1 mine, near North Groton, Grafton Co., New
Journal (issue)
Carmel Veteran’s Service Center 719 309-4714 Montgomeryite: A ConPg 7 nection to CSMS Secretary’s Spot...weekly meeting of the Denver Mining Club, “Mining History of Jefferson County, Colorado”, by Pete Modreski...Santa Fe Dr., Sheridan (west side of Santa Fe Dr., south of Hampden). Purchase of lunch is required. Mon...Golden. Tuesday, Apr. 23, a hike to the top of “Castle Rock” on South Table Mountain; meet at the trailhead...Ryan Bowling, The Pala Gem Pegmatite District, San Diego County, California. Meeting in Berthoud Hall
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Articles Type locality minerals of the Black Hills, South Dakota ..............................................R. Kampf Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County George Robinson National Museums of Canada Arthur...collectors have driven the price up so unconscionably on top-quality pieces that the casual shopper is in danger...Pocket,” a recreation of a pocket in the Elmwood mine near Carthage, Tennessee. A space of several cubic...collections meticulously accumulated over many years by top collectors and dealers such as Edward Swoboda, Dave
 
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