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Locality Name:
Pringle, Custer District, Custer Co., South Dakota, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1702
Youngest recorded age at locality: 1702

mindat Locality ID: 22808
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-22808.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Pringle, Custer District, Custer Co., South Dakota, USA": 58
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 56

Number of Child Localities: 55
Child Localities:
Ajax Claim
Apex Claim
Art Lode Occurrence
Bald No. 1 Lode Occurrence
Bald No. 2 Lode Occurrence
Bald No. 3 Lode Occurrence (Downing)
Bald No. 4 Lode Occurrence
Beatrice Pegmatite Prospect
Beryl Mica Lode (Dakota Feldspar Mine)
Black Hills Lime
Black Hills Lime Company Quarry (Kirk Quarry)
Black Hills Silica Sand Company Pit (Robert McCullum Pit; Texas Mining; Pringle Silica Sand Pit)
Black Hills Silica Sand Company Pit (Shirttail Canyon Sand Pit)
Bonnie Lode Occurrence
Bowman Draw Prospect
Cicero Peak
Conlon Mine (Anna-Marie Mine)
Custer Peak (Bowden)
Dakota Feldspar (Beryl Mica Lode; Dakota Feldspar Company Mines)
Dean Quarry
Ed Lode Occurrence
Fanny McAdam Ranch Prospect
Glenn Carval Lode Prospect
Greene Pegmatite (Red Monster Mine; Pink Monster Mine)
Henwood Lode
Hidden Treasure Lode (Tanner Mine)
Kiln
Lone Pine Lode
Lookout Mine (Carroll Claims; Park; Rosebud)
Lucky Strike (Woods Mine)
Mack Lode Occurrence
McKay No. 1 Lode Prospect
McKirahan Mica Prospect
Mountain Beryl Claim
Mountain Rose Mine (Lofton Mine; Mountain Queen Mine)
Myrtle Ann Lode
Payday Lode (Francis Lode; Aman; Amon; Last Chance)
Pigtail Prospect
Pringle Mine
Quarry (MRDS - 10177395)
Quarry (MRDS - 10201957)
Red Poppy Lode Occurrence
Reed Mine
Route 85A
Sky-High Lode Occurrence
Smith Mine
Smoky Mine
Tanner Property
Tiger Lode Prospect (Larue; La Rue Mine)
Townsite Mine
Valley View
Virginia Lode Occurrence
Whale
Wintergren Ranch
Wood Mine

Latitude: 43°37'10"N
Longitude: 103°33'57"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 43.619444444444,-103.56583333333
AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe age displayed for this mineral is the range of ages for this mineral at all of this locality's children.
This mineral's age has not yet been recorded.

This Mineral list contains entries from this locality, including sub-localities. Minerals in bold are reported by mindat.org as occurring directly at this locality, and do not occur at any children (sublocalities) of this locality.

Elements at this locality, including sub-localities: Al As B Ba Be C Ca F Fe H K Li Mg Mn Na O P S Si Sr Ti U 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AlluauditeApatiteAragoniteArseniosideriteArsenoliteArsenopyriteArthuriteAutuniteBerauniteBeryl
CalcioferriteCalciteCeriteClayFairfielditeFeldsparGarnetHureauliteLöllingiteLaueite
LeucophosphiteMelanteriteMicaNoneNot in a structural groupOlivinePharmacosideritePhosphosideritePyritePyroxene
QuartzRockbridgeiteRutileStewartiteStrunziteSymplesiteTourmalineTridymiteVivianiteWalentaite

53 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Alluaudite  (*)Almandine  (*)Aragonite  (*)Arsenolite  (*)
Arsenopyrite  (*)Autunite  (*)Beraunite  (*)Bermanite  (*)Beryl  (*)
Calcite  (*)Chrysoberyl  (*)Collinsite  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)Heterosite  (*)
Hureaulite  (*)Hydroxylapatite  (*)Laueite  (*)Leucophosphite  (*)Löllingite  (*)
Melanterite  (*)Messelite  (*)Microcline  (*)Mitridatite  (*)Montgomeryite  (*)
Muscovite  (*)Parasymplesite  (*)Pharmacosiderite  (*)Phosphosiderite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Robertsite  (*)Rockbridgeite  (*)Rutile  (*)Schneiderhöhnite  (*)
Schorl  (*)Scorodite  (*)Sicklerite  (*)Siderite  (*)Sillimanite  (*)
Spessartine  (*)Spodumene  (*)Stewartite  (*)Strunzite  (*)Symplesite  (*)
Tavorite  (*)Tinsleyite  (*)Todorokite  (*)Tridymite  (*)Triphylite  (*)
Walentaite  (*)Whitlockite  (*)Xanthoxenite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)170217027264927,264935,264944,264946,264948,264959,2649618803
Alluaudite  (*)Alluaudite   NaMnFe3+2(PO4)3170217022264935,26496194
Almandine  (*)GarnetFe2+3Al2(SiO4)31702170212649552353
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)1702170212649613250
Arsenolite  (*)ArsenoliteAs2O3170217021264927231
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS1702170212649279052
Autunite  (*)AutuniteCa(UO2)2(PO4)2·10-12H2O1702170212649271272
Beraunite  (*)BerauniteFe3+6(PO4)4O(OH)4·6H2O170217021264927136
Bermanite  (*)ArthuriteMn2+Mn3+2(PO4)2(OH)2·4H2O17021702126492755
Beryl  (*)BerylBe3Al2Si6O181702170214264911,264918,264927,264935,264936,264940,264945,264946,264948,264950,264957,264959,264960,2649634286
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)17021702126496127770
Chrysoberyl  (*)OlivineBeAl2O4170217021264946321
Collinsite  (*)FairfielditeCa2Mg(PO4)2·2H2O17021702126492738
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F1702170212649272740
Heterosite  (*)OlivineFe3+(PO4)170217023264927,264935,264961204
Hureaulite  (*)HureauliteMn2+5(PO3OH)2(PO4)2·4H2O170217021264927125
Hydroxylapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3OH170217021264927367
Laueite  (*)LaueiteMn2+Fe3+2(PO4)2(OH)2·8H2O17021702126492770
Leucophosphite  (*)LeucophosphiteKFe3+2(PO4)2(OH)·2H2O170217021264927110
Löllingite  (*)LöllingiteFeAs2170217021264927762
Melanterite  (*)MelanteriteFe(SO4)·7H2O170217021264935915
Messelite  (*)FairfielditeCa2Fe2+(PO4)2·2H2O17021702126492743
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)170217027264918,264927,264935,264941,264946,264957,2649614924
Mitridatite  (*)ArseniosideriteCa2Fe3+3O2(PO4)3·3H2O170217021264927129
Montgomeryite  (*)CalcioferriteCa4MgAl4(PO4)6(OH)4·12H2O17021702126492744
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)21702170210264911,264927,264935,264944,264946,264948,264949,264959,264961,26496317380
Parasymplesite  (*)VivianiteFe2+3(AsO4)2·8H2O170217021264927124
Pharmacosiderite  (*)PharmacosideriteKFe3+4(AsO4)3(OH)4·6-7H2O170217021264927428
Phosphosiderite  (*)PhosphosideriteFe3+(PO4)·2H2O170217021264927182
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS217021702126493539462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO21702170229264911,264912,264913,264914,264915,264916,264918,264927,264928,264932,264935,264936,264939,264940,264941,264942,264945,264946,264948,264949,264950,264953,264954,264956,264957,264959,264961,264963,26496761156
Robertsite  (*)ArseniosideriteCa2Mn3+3O2(PO4)3·3H2O17021702126492736
Rockbridgeite  (*)Rockbridgeite(Fe2+0.5Fe3+0.5)2Fe3+3(PO4)3(OH)5170217021264927206
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO21702170212649665614
Schneiderhöhnite  (*)NoneFe2+Fe3+3As3+5O1317021702126492715
Schorl  (*)TourmalineNaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)170217024264927,264935,264941,2649612705
Scorodite  (*)NoneFe3+(AsO4)·2H2O1702170212649271153
Sicklerite  (*)OlivineLiMn2+(PO4)17021702126492766
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)1702170212649616417
Sillimanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2SiO51702170212649411516
Spessartine  (*)GarnetMn2+3Al2(SiO4)31702170212649261214
Spodumene  (*)PyroxeneLiAlSi2O6170217022264959,264960688
Stewartite  (*)StewartiteMn2+Fe3+2(PO4)2(OH)2·8H2O17021702126492748
Strunzite  (*)StrunziteMn2+Fe3+2(PO4)2(OH)2·6H2O17021702126492798
Symplesite  (*)SymplesiteFe2+3(AsO4)2·8H2O17021702126492792
Tavorite  (*)NoneLiFe3+(PO4)(OH)17021702126492735
Tinsleyite  (*)LeucophosphiteKAl2(PO4)2(OH)·2H2O1702170212649279
Todorokite  (*)None(Na,Ca,K,Ba,Sr)1-x(Mn,Mg,Al)6O12·3-4H2O170217021264927433
Tridymite  (*)TridymiteSiO2170217021264927458
Triphylite  (*)OlivineLiFe2+(PO4)170217022264927,264961313
Walentaite  (*)Walentaite[Mn(H2O)6][   As3+3Fe3+3(PO4)2O7]1702170212649276
Whitlockite  (*)CeriteCa9Mg(PO3OH)(PO4)6170217021264927104
Xanthoxenite  (*)NoneCa4Fe3+2(PO4)4(OH)2·3H2O17021702126492729


2 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
Be-00046170217021702  high   YesFaheyiteBe45259Roosevelt Group (Rough Rider), Custer, Custer District, Custer Co., South Dakota, USA Dahl and Foland (2008)10.2138/am.2008.2633AM93_1215 
Be-00023170217021702  high   YesEhrleite, Fransoletite, Greifensteinite, Pahasapaite, Parafransoletite, Roscherite, TiptopiteBe4122Tip Top Mine (Tip Top Pegmatite), Fourmile, Custer District, Custer Co., South Dakota, USA Dahl and Foland (2008)10.2138/am.2008.2633AM93_1215 

SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R050165White Elephant Mine, Cicero Peak, Pringle, Custer District, Custer Co., South Dakota, USAhttps://rruff.info/R050165

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