Description
Lou Pitts, Pringle, South Dakota
Commodities
PrimaryFeldspar, Beryllium, Mica
Commodity typeB
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsSurface
Orebody formDIKE
Materials
Ore mineralsBeryl, Feldspar, Muscovite
GangueChrysoberyl, Quartz, Tourmaline
Geology
Host rockPegmatite
Associated rockPegmatite
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Last production1945
Discovery year1932
Identification
Deposit ID10012490
MRDS IDD008142
Alternate namesMountain Queen Mine, Lofton Mine
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates43.62107, -103.60362
References
U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, 1955, BLACK HILLS MINERAL ATLAS, SOUTH DAKOTA: PART 2, BUREAU OF MINES INFORMATION CIRCULAR 7707.ROBERTS, W. L., AND RAPP, GEORGE, 1965, MINERALOGY OF THE BLACK HILLS, SOUTH DAKOTA SCHOOL OF MINES AND TECHNOLOGY BULLETIN 18.USGS PP 247, P. 144.USBM INFO CIRC 7707, P. 162-163.