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Sunday, January 17, 2010

2010 Winter Hike at Hocking Hills State Park

On saturday, a couple friends and I attended the 45th annual winter hike in Hocking Hills State Park. This is by far my favorite spot in Ohio. I had no idea how many people were going to be at the event -- over 4500 hikers. Here is the line to start the hike at ~10am.
The hike was 6 miles from Old Man' Cave visitor, past Cedar Falls to Ash Cave.
The path ran along the backside of the campground along Rose Lake shown.
The half way point was Cedar Falls.
The Friends of Hocking Hills and the Logan Kiwanas provided a bean soup lunch complete with miffin and hot chocolate.
The hike ended at Ash Cave which is the largest rock shelter in Ohio.
The ice mound at the base of the small waterfall was amazing!
Forunately there were free shuttle buses available for the trip back the car!

Friday, November 27, 2009

White Elephant Mine, Pringe South Dakota






















































































































































































































































































































































































































































Data exported from DRC 2.0 (c) 2009 Gary Kindel
Mine: WHITE ELEPHANT MINE
City: Pringle Mine ID: 169872
County Custer Seq Nbr: 0460330357
State SOUTH DAKOTA Latitude 43.656111
Country USA Longitude -103.582778
Alternate Mine Names
Topographic Map
Map Name Map Scale 250' Quad Map
CICERO PEAK 7.5 MIN HOT SPRINGS
Map Coordinates
Meridian Township Range Section Sub Section
BLACK HILLS 004 S 004 E 36 SWNESE
Zone Hemisphere Northing Easting
13 N 4834439 614282
Geology and Ore Deposit Information
Deposit Model Deposit Type Deposit Size Deposit Age Deposit Form
PEGMATITE ELLIPTICAL PREC S
Deposit Desc: THE FELDSPAR BODY INSIDE THE PEGMATITE IS FROM 30-80 FT WIDE
Local Structure
Non-Ore Minerals ROSE QUARTZ, MICA, TRIPHYLITE, MITRIDATITE, SICKLERITE, HETEROSITE
Ore Minerals FELDSPAR, BERYL, COLUMBITE-TANTALITE
Mineral Occurrences
Mineral Species Variety Strunz Frequency
ALBITE Not Specified 8/J.07-20 Reported
ALMANDINE Not Specified 8/A.08-20 Common
ARSENOLITE Not specified 4/C.02-10 Reported
ARSENOPYRITE Not specified 2/D.22-10 Reported
AUTUNITE Not specified 7/E.01-90 Reported
BERAUNITE Not specified 7/D.11-70 Reported
BERMANITE Not specified 7/D.11-40 Reported
BERYL Not Specified 8/E.12-10 Common
BIOTITE Not specified 8/H.11-00 Reported
COLLINSITE Not specified 7/C.17-10 Reported
FELDSPAR Not Specified Reported
FERRISICKLERITE Not Specified 7/A.02-30 Reported
FERROCOLUMBITE Not Specified 4/D.18-30 Reported
FERROTANTALITE Not Specified Reported
HETEROSITE Not Specified 7/A.02-50 Inferred
LAUEITE Not specified 7/D.10-50 Reported
LEUCOPHOSPHITE Not specified 7/D.27-30 Reported
MESSELITE Not specified Reported
MICA Not Specified Reported
MICROCLINE Not Specified 8/J.06-30 Very Common
MITRIDATITE Not Specified 7/D.30-30 Reported
MONTGOMERYITE Not specified 7/D.31-10 Reported
MUSCOVITE Not Specified 8/H.10-70 Common
PARASYMPLESITE Not specified 7/C.13-60 Reported
PHARMACOSIDERITE Not specified 7/D.47-20 Reported
PHOSPHOSIDERITE Not specified Reported
PURPURITE Not Specified 7/A.02-60 Inferred
QUARTZ Not Specified 4/D.01-10 Very Common
QUARTZ ROSE QUARTZ 4/D.01-10 Reported
ROCKBRIDGEITE Not specified 7/B.10-10 Reported
SCHORL Not Specified 8/E.19-50 Common
SCORODITE Not specified Reported
SICKLERITE Not Specified 7/A.02-40 Reported
STEWARTITE Not specified 7/D.09-30 Reported
STRUNZITE Not specified 7/D.11-20 Reported
SYMPLESITE Not specified 7/C.14-10 Reported
TAVORITE Not specified 7/B.02-60 Reported
TINSLEYITE Not specified 7/D.27-10 Reported
TRIDYMITE Not specified 4/D.01-20 Reported
TRIPHYLITE Not Specified 7/A.02-10 Reported
WALENTAITE Not Specified 7/C.18-30 Reported
WHITLOCKITE Not specified 7/A.05-50 Reported
XANTHOXENITE Not specified 7/D.30-10 Reported


Wednesday, November 11, 2009

Bob Ingersoll Mine, Keystone South Dakota














































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































Data exported from DRC 2.0 (c) 2009 Gary Kindel
Mine: INGERSOLL MINE
City: Keystone Mine ID: 170820
County Pennington Seq Nbr: 0461030006
State SOUTH DAKOTA Latitude 43.911111
Country USA Longitude -103.451389
Alternate Mine Names
BOB INGERSOLL MINE INGERSOLL CLAIMS
Topographic Map
Map Name Map Scale 250' Quad Map
MT RUSHMORE 7.5 MIN HOT SPRINGS
Map Coordinates
Meridian Township Range Section Sub Section
BLACK HILLS 002 S 006 E 06 NENW
Zone Hemisphere Northing Easting
13 N 4862949 624347
Geology and Ore Deposit Information
Deposit Model Deposit Type Deposit Size Deposit Age Deposit Form
PEGMATITE PIPE-SHAPED DIKES PREC S
Deposit Desc: FIVE DIKES APPEAR ON THE PROPERTY OF WHICH TWO - THE NO. 1 AND NO. 2 HAVE BEEN EXPLOITED. DIKE NO. 1 IS A STEEP PIPELIKE BODY WHICH DIPS SE. DIKE NO. 2 IN HORIZONTAL CROSS SECTION AT THE MAIN LEVEL IS 110 BY 80 FEET. THE DIKES ARE WELL ZONED AND CONTAINS MASSES OF AMBLYGONITE UP TO 8 TONS AND BERYL CRYSTALS UP TO 30 TONS. THREE PATENTED CLAIMS.
Local Structure
Non-Ore Minerals ALMANDITE, KASOLITE, LOELLINGITE, ZIRCON, URANINITE, FOURMARIERITE, HETEROSITE, AUTUNITE, SICKLERITE, URANOPHANE, TRIPLITE, TRIPHYLITE, MICROLITE, BECQUERELITE, VANDENDREISSCHEITE, STAUROLITE
Ore Minerals LEPIDOLITE, BERYL, COLUMBITE-TANTALITE, AMBLYGONITE, MUSCOVITE, FELDSPAR, CASSITERITE, SPODUMENE, CL EAVELANDITE
Mineral Occurrences
Mineral Species Variety Strunz Frequency
ALBITE CLEAVELANDITE 8/J.07-20 Reported
ALBITE Not Specified 8/J.07-20 Reported
ALMANDINE Not Specified 8/A.08-20 Reported
AMBLYGONITE Not Specified 7/B.02-30 Very Common
ARSENOPYRITE Not Specified 2/D.22-10 Very Rare
AUGELITE Not specified 7/B.12-20 Reported
AUTUNITE Not Specified 7/E.01-90 Reported
BECQUERELITE Not Specified 4/H.03-20 Reported
BERYL Not Specified 8/E.12-10 Inferred
BIOTITE Not Specified 8/H.11-00 Reported
BISMUTH Not specified 1/B.01-40 Reported
CASSITERITE Not Specified 4/D.02-40 Inferred
COLUMBITE Not specified Reported
DRAVITE Not Specified 8/E.19-20 Reported
ELBAITE Not Specified 8/E.19-10 Uncommon
FAIRFIELDITE Not specified 7/C.17-30 Reported
FELDSPAR Not Specified Reported
FERRISICKLERITE Not Specified 7/A.02-30 Reported
FERROCOLUMBITE Not Specified 4/D.18-30 Rare
FERROHORNBLENDE Not Specified Reported
FERROTANTALITE Not Specified Rare
FLUORAPATITE Not Specified 7/B.39-10 Very Rare
FOURMARIERITE Not Specified 4/H.07-10 Reported
GREENOCKITE Not specified 2/C.13-30 Reported
HETEROSITE Not Specified 7/A.02-50 Reported
ILMENITE Not specified 4/C.05-20 Reported
KASOLITE Not Specified 8/B.34-80 Reported
LEPIDOLITE Not Specified 8/H.12-00 Reported
LOELLINGITE Not Specified Reported
META-AUTUNITE Not Specified Reported
MICROCLINE Not Specified 8/J.06-30 Common
MICROLITE Not Specified 4/C.18-10 Inferred
MONTEBRASITE Not specified 7/B.02-40 Reported
MUSCOVITE Not Specified 8/H.10-70 Common
PHARMACOSIDERITE Not specified 7/D.47-20 Reported
QUARTZ Not Specified 4/D.01-10 Common
SCHORL Not Specified 8/E.19-50 Inferred
SICKLERITE Not Specified 7/A.02-40 Reported
SIDERITE Not specified Reported
SPHALERITE Not specified 2/C.01-10 Reported
SPODUMENE Not Specified 8/F.01-120 Very Common
STAUROLITE Not Specified 8/B.03-10 Reported
TANTALITE Not specified Reported
TORBERNITE Not Specified 7/E.01-70 Reported
TRIPHYLITE Not Specified 7/A.02-10 Uncommon
TRIPLITE Not Specified 7/B.03-40 Reported
URANINITE Not Specified 4/D.31-60 Reported
URANOPHANE Not Specified 8/B.34-40 Reported
VANDENDRIESSCHEITE Not Specified 4/H.07-20 Reported
WARDITE Not Specified 7/D.51-10 Extremely Rare
ZIRCON Not Specified 8/A.09-10 Reported


Saturday, October 24, 2009

Big Chief Mine Near Keystone SD















































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































Data exported from DRC 2.0 (c) 2009 Gary Kindel
Mine: BIG CHIEF
City: Glendale Mine ID: 170855
County Pennington Seq Nbr: 0461030041
State SOUTH DAKOTA Latitude 43.843333
Country USA Longitude -103.381667
Alternate Mine Names
Big Chief Pegmatite SODA SPUR
Topographic Map
Map Name Map Scale 250' Quad Map
IRON MOUNTAIN 7.5 MIN HOT SPRINGS
Map Coordinates
Meridian Township Range Section Sub Section
BLACK HILLS 002 S 006 E 22 E2NE
Zone Hemisphere Northing Easting
13 N 4855529 630093
Geology and Ore Deposit Information
Deposit Model Deposit Type Deposit Size Deposit Age Deposit Form
PEGMATITE DIKES PREC S
Deposit Desc: THERE ARE 2 LARGE PEGMATITE MASSES
Local Structure
Non-Ore Minerals QUARTZ, GARNET, SCORODITE, SICKLERITE, TORBERNITE, TRIPLITE, VIVIANITE, PYRITE, MITRIDATITE, PYRRHOTITE, SPHALERITE, TRIPHYLITE, SIDERITE, METAVIVIANITE, KRYZHANOVSKITE, LUDLAMITE, HUREAULITE, HETEROSITE-PURPURITE, BERAUNITE, ROCKBRIDGEITE LAUEITE, STRUNZITE, ARSENOPYRITE, WHITMOREITE, GYPSUM (SELENITE)
Ore Minerals FELDSPAR, MICA, BERYL
Mineral Occurrences
Mineral Species Variety Strunz Frequency
ALBITE Not Specified 8/J.07-20 Reported
ALLUAUDITE Not Specified 7/A.06-70 Reported
ALMANDINE Not Specified 8/A.08-20 Reported
ARSENOPYRITE Not Specified 2/D.22-10 Reported
AUTUNITE Not specified 7/E.01-90 Reported
BERAUNITE Not Specified 7/D.11-70 Reported
BERMANITE Not Specified 7/D.11-40 Reported
BERYL Not Specified 8/E.12-10 Reported
BIOTITE Not Specified 8/H.11-00 Reported
CARBONATEFLUORAPATITE Not Specified Reported
CHALCOPYRITE Not specified 2/C.03-10 Reported
CHILDRENITE Not Specified 7/D.14-10 Reported
COLUMBITE Not specified Reported
DIADOCHITE Not Specified 7/D.05-20 Reported
FELDSPAR Not Specified Reported
FERRISICKLERITE Not Specified 7/A.02-30 Reported
FLUORAPATITE Not Specified 7/B.39-10 Reported
FRONDELITE Not Specified 7/B.10-20 Reported
GALENA Not specified 2/C.15-40 Reported
GARNET Not Specified Reported
GARYANSELLITE Not specified 7/C.08-30 Reported
GOYAZITE Not Specified Reported
GREENOCKITE Not Specified 2/C.13-30 Reported
GYPSUM Not Specified 6/C.22-20 Reported
HAWLEYITE Not Specified 2/C.01-20 Doubtful
HETEROSITE Not Specified 7/A.02-50 Reported
HOPEITE Not Specified 7/C.11-20 Reported
HUREAULITE Not Specified 7/C.04-10 Reported
HYDROXYLAPATITE Not Specified 7/B.39-30 Reported
JAHNSITE-(CAMNFE) Not Specified 7/D.29-60 Reported
KIDWELLITE Not Specified 7/D.11-140 Reported
KRYZHANOVSKITE Not Specified Reported
LAUEITE Not Specified 7/D.10-50 Reported
LEUCOPHOSPHITE Not Specified 7/D.27-30 Reported
LITHIOPHILITE Not Specified 7/A.02-20 Reported
LOELLINGITE Not Specified Reported
LUDLAMITE Not Specified 7/C.10-10 Reported
MESSELITE Not Specified Reported
META-AUTUNITE Not Specified Reported
METATORBERNITE Not Specified 7/E.02-60 Reported
METAVIVIANITE Not Specified 7/C.14-20 Reported
MICROCLINE Not Specified 8/J.06-30 Inferred
MITRIDATITE Not Specified 7/D.30-30 Reported
MUSCOVITE Not Specified 8/H.10-70 Inferred
NATROJAROSITE Not specified 6/B.11-50 Reported
OLMSTEADITE Not Specified 7/D.39-10 Reported
PARASYMPLESITE Not specified 7/C.13-60 Reported
PERLOFFITE Not Specified 7/B.29-40 Reported
PHOSPHOFERRITE Not Specified 7/C.08-10 Reported
PHOSPHOPHYLLITE Not Specified 7/C.11-10 Reported
PHOSPHOSIDERITE Not Specified Reported
PYRITE Not Specified 2/D.17-30 Reported
PYRRHOTITE Not Specified 2/C.19-20 Reported
QUARTZ Not Specified 4/D.01-10 Reported
REDDINGITE Not specified 7/C.08-20 Reported
ROBERTSITE Not specified 7/D.30-50 Reported
ROCKBRIDGEITE Not Specified 7/B.10-10 Reported
SCHORL Not Specified 8/E.19-50 Reported
SCORODITE Not Specified Reported
SICKLERITE Not Specified 7/A.02-40 Reported
SIDERITE Not Specified Reported
SPESSARTINE Not specified 8/A.08-30 Reported
SPHALERITE Not Specified 2/C.01-10 Reported
STAUROLITE Not Specified 8/B.03-10 Reported
STEWARTITE Not Specified 7/D.09-30 Reported
STRUNZITE Not Specified 7/D.11-20 Reported
TORBERNITE Not Specified 7/E.01-70 Reported
TRIPHYLITE Not Specified 7/A.02-10 Reported
TRIPLITE Not Specified 7/B.03-40 Reported
VIVIANITE Not Specified 7/C.13-40 Reported
WHITMOREITE Not Specified 7/D.08-20 Reported
WOLFEITE Not specified 7/B.03-50 Reported
XANTHOXENITE Not Specified 7/D.30-10 Reported
ZIRCON Not specified 8/A.09-10 Reported


Saturday, October 10, 2009

Tin Mountain Mine, South Dakota

Here is a sample of the data extract for a mine exported to Blogger using DRC 2.0 and my new Blogger API feature. Still hope to have this free update ready by Oct 15 despite wrestling with a bout of swine flu!

I visited Tin Mountain Mine back in the mid 80s when I was attending college at SDSM&T. I miss the Black Hills especially in mid to late autumn.































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































Data exported from DRC 2.0 (c) 2009 Gary Kindel
Mine: TIN MOUNTAIN MINE
City:
Mine ID: 169552
County Custer Seq Nbr: 0460330027
State SOUTH DAKOTA Latitude 43.746944
Country USA Longitude -103.7186
Alternate Mine Names





Topographic Map
Map Name Map Scale 250' Quad Map



Map Coordinates
Meridian Township Range Section Sub Section
BLACK HILLS 003 S 003 E 35 SENE
Zone Hemisphere Northing Easting
13 N 4844347 603061
Geology and Ore Deposit Information
Deposit Model Deposit Type Deposit Size Deposit Age Deposit Form

ZONED PEGMATITE IRREGULAR, L-SHAPED PREC S
Deposit Desc: 4 ZONES - (1) COARSE MASSIVE QUARTZ, (2) COARSE MICROCLINE PERTHITE, (3) MEDIUM-GRAINED PERTHITE-QUARTZ-MUSC OVITE OR ALBITE-QUARTZ-MUSCOVITE OR QUARTZ-MUSCOVITE, (4) FINE-GRAINED QUARTZ-MUSCOVITE-TOURMALINE.
Local Structure
Non-Ore Minerals CALCITE, CHALCOPYRITE, CLEAVELANDITE, FOURMARIERITE, ALMANDITE, GOETHITE, KASOLITE, VANDENDREISSCHEITE, AZURITE, URANOPHANE, QUARTZ, LEPIDOLITE, MICROCLINE, NATIVE BISMUTH, BISMUTHINITE, URANINITE, MONTMORILLONITE, TOURMALINE, TRIPHYLITE, MONTEBRASITE, ZIRCON, TURQUOISE, APATITE, AUTUNITE, VANADINITE, SPHALERITE , MALACHITE, CASSITERITE
Ore Minerals MICROCLINE, PERTHITE, ALBITE, MUSCOVITE, POLLUCITE, SPODUMENE, AMBLYGONITE, BERYL, COLUMBITE, BIOTITE, ANDESINE
Mineral Occurrences
Mineral Species Variety Strunz Frequency
ALBITE CLEAVELANDITE 8/J.07-20 Common
ALBITE Not Specified 8/J.07-20 Common
ALMANDINE Not Specified 8/A.08-20 Reported
AMBLYGONITE Not Specified 7/B.02-30 Common
ANDESINE Not Specified 8/J.07-40 Reported
APATITE Not Specified 7/B.39-00 Reported
AURICHALCITE Not Specified 5/C.01-110 Reported
AUTUNITE Not Specified 7/E.01-90 Reported
AZURITE Not Specified 5/C.01-10 Reported
BERYL Not Specified 8/E.12-10 Reported
BIOTITE Not Specified 8/H.11-00 Reported
BISMUTH NATIVE 1/B.01-40 Reported
BISMUTH Not specified 1/B.01-40 Reported
BISMUTHINITE Not Specified 2/D.08-40 Reported
BORNITE Not Specified 2/B.02-30 Reported
CALCITE Not Specified 5/B.02-20 Reported
CASSITERITE Not Specified 4/D.02-40 Reported
CHALCOPYRITE Not Specified 2/C.03-10 Reported
COLUMBITE Not Specified
Reported
COOKEITE Not specified 8/H.23-90 Reported
COVELLITE Not Specified
Reported
DAWSONITE Not specified 5/C.02-20 Reported
FERRISICKLERITE Not Specified 7/A.02-30 Reported
FERROCOLUMBITE Not Specified 4/D.18-30 Reported
FERROTANTALITE Not Specified
Inferred
FLUORAPATITE Not Specified 7/B.39-10 Reported
FOURMARIERITE Not Specified 4/H.07-10 Reported
GOETHITE Not Specified 4/F.06-30 Reported
HEMIMORPHITE Not Specified 8/C.08-10 Reported
HYDROZINCITE Not specified 5/C.01-100 Reported
KASOLITE Not Specified 8/B.34-80 Reported
LEPIDOLITE Not Specified 8/H.12-00 Reported
LOELLINGITE Not Specified
Reported
MALACHITE Not Specified 5/C.01-20 Reported
META-AUTUNITE Not Specified
Reported
MICROCLINE Not Specified 8/J.06-30 Reported
MICROLITE Not Specified 4/C.18-10 Inferred
MONTEBRASITE Not Specified 7/B.02-40 Reported
MONTMORILLONITE Not Specified 8/H.19-20 Reported
MUSCOVITE Not Specified 8/H.10-70 Reported
POLLUCITE Not Specified 8/J.27-20 Reported
PYROLUSITE Not Specified 4/D.02-20 Reported
QUARTZ Not Specified 4/D.01-10 Reported
SCHORL Not Specified 8/E.19-50 Inferred
SIDERITE Not specified
Reported
SMITHSONITE Not Specified 5/B.02-60 Reported
SPHALERITE Not Specified 2/C.01-10 Reported
SPODUMENE Not Specified 8/F.01-120 Reported
TANTALITE Not specified
Reported
TENORITE Not Specified 4/A.05-10 Reported
TOURMALINE Not Specified
Reported
TRIPHYLITE Not Specified 7/A.02-10 Reported
TURQUOISE Not Specified
Doubtful
URANINITE Not Specified 4/D.31-60 Reported
URANOPHANE Not Specified 8/B.34-40 Reported
VANADINITE Not Specified 7/B.39-170 Reported
VANDENDRIESSCHEITE Not Specified 4/H.07-20 Reported
ZIRCON Not Specified 8/A.09-10 Reported


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