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Geology and Pegmatites of Part of the Fourmile Area, Custer County, South Dakota
Report discussing the descriptive geology of three new formations of metamorphic rocks and details of about 420 pegmatites in the Fourmile area of Custer County, South Dakota.
Geology and Pegmatites of the Fourmile Quadrangle, Black Hills, South Dakota
Report discussing the geology and pegmatites of the Fourmile Quadrangle, located on the southwest side of the Black Hills uplift in Custer County, South Dakota. "This report is an abstract of a paper with the same title that is planned for publication as a Geological Survey professional paper."
Geology of the Calamity Peak Area, Custer County, South Dakota
Report discussing the geology of the Calamity Peak area of Custer County, South Dakota. This area "was mapped to determine the relationship between the granite-pegmatite complex and the pegmatites containing beryl and other industrial minerals."
Geology of the Calamity Peak area, Custer County, South Dakota
A report discussing and area of 2.5 square miles along the southwest border of the pre-Cambrian granitic rocks complex in the pre-Cambrian core of the Harney Peak region, Black Hills, South Dakota that was mapped to determine the relationship between the granite-pegmatite complex and the pegmatites containing beryl and other industrial minerals. This investigation was part of the U.S. Geological Surveys program for the investigation of domestic beryllium resources and was carried out on behalf of the Atomic Energy Commission.
Geology of the High Climb Pegmatite, Custer County, South Dakota
From abstract: The High Climb pegmatite, Custer County. S. Dak., belongs to the series of pegmatitic and granitic rocks that characterize the Harney Peak region of the southern Black Hills. It intrudes pre-CamInbriani metamorphic rocks consisting chiefly of quartz-mica schist. Along part of the pegmatite contact the country rock has been altered to a tourmaline-rich schist.
Geology of the High Climb Pegmatite, Custer County, South Dakota
Report discussing the geology of the High Climb Pegmatite located in Custer County, South Dakota. The main focus of this report is the zones of this area that contain "widely varied mineral assemblages."
Geology of the Jewel Cave Southwest Quadrangle, Custer County, South Dakota
From introduction: This study was part of the U.S. Geological Survey's continuing study of the geology and ore deposits of the southern Black Hills, which was stimulated by the discovery of uranium deposits in sandstone in the area in 1951 (Page and Redden, 1952; Bell and Bales, 1955).
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