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Locality Name:
Tip Top Mine (Tip Top Pegmatite), Fourmile, Custer District, Custer Co., South Dakota, USA

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

mindat Locality ID: 4122
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-4122.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Tip Top Mine (Tip Top Pegmatite), Fourmile, Custer District, Custer Co., South Dakota, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 43°42'56"N
Longitude: 103°40'9"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 43.715555555556,-103.66916666667
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 Bi C Ca F Fe H K Li Mg Mn Na O P Pb S Si Sn Sr U Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As B Ba Be Bi C Ca F Fe H K Li Mg Mn Na O P Pb S Si Sn Sr U Zn Zr 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AlluauditeAluniteAmorphousApatiteArsenicArseniosideriteArsenopyriteArthuriteAutuniteBeraunite
BerylBjarebyiteCalcioferriteCalciteCancriniteCancrinite-sodaliteCeriteChildreniteClayDanburite
DiasporeDufréniteFairfielditeFeldsparFluoriteGadoliniteGarnetHopeiteHureauliteJahnsite
LaueiteLazuliteLeucophosphiteMarcasiteMeta-autuniteMicaNoneOlivineOveritePharmacosiderite
PyriteQuartzReddingiteRockbridgeiteRocksaltRoscheriteRutileSphaleriteStewartiteStrunzite
TourmalineVivianiteWagneriteWarditeZircon

97 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Alluaudite  (*)Almandine  (*)Amblygonite  (*)Arseniosiderite  (*)
Arsenopyrite  (*)Autunite  (*)Barbosalite  (*)Beraunite  (*)Bermanite  (*)
Beryl  (*)Bismuth  (*)Cassiterite  (*)Collinsite  (*)Crandallite  (*)
Cyrilovite  (*)Diadochite  (*)Dufrénite  (*)Ehrleite  (*)Elbaite  (*)
Englishite  (*)Eosphorite  (*)Fairfieldite  (*)Ferrisicklerite  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)
Fransoletite  (*)Frondelite  (*)Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)Gordonite  (*)
Goyazite  (*)Greifensteinite  (*)Heterosite  (*)Hopeite  (*)Hureaulite  (*)
Hurlbutite  (*)Hydroxylapatite  (*)Hydroxylherderite  (*)Jahnsite-(CaMnMg)  (*)Jahnsite-(NaFeMg)  (*)
Jahnsite-(NaMnMg)  (*)Kidwellite  (*)Kingsmountite  (*)Kryzhanovskite  (*)Laueite  (*)
Leucophosphite  (*)Lithiophosphate  (*)Ludlamite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Messelite  (*)
Meta-autunite  (*)Metaswitzerite  (*)Microcline  (*)Mitridatite  (*)Montebrasite  (*)
Montgomeryite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Pahasapaite  (*)Parafransoletite  (*)Pararobertsite  (*)
Parascholzite  (*)Perloffite  (*)Pharmacosiderite  (*)Phosphoferrite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Robertsite  (*)Rockbridgeite  (*)Roscherite  (*)Scholzite  (*)
Schorl  (*)Scorodite  (*)Segelerite  (*)Sicklerite  (*)Siderite  (*)
Spessartine  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stewartite  (*)Strengite  (*)Strunzite  (*)
Switzerite  (*)Tavorite  (*)Tinsleyite  (*)Tiptopite  (*)Todorokite  (*)
Triphylite  (*)Triploidite  (*)Uraninite  (*)Ushkovite  (*)Vivianite  (*)
Wardite  (*)Whiteite-(CaMnMg)  (*)Whitlockite  (*)Whitmoreite  (*)Wyllieite  (*)
Xanthoxenite  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)1702170208803
Alluaudite  (*)Alluaudite   NaMnFe3+2(PO4)317021702094
Almandine  (*)GarnetFe2+3Al2(SiO4)31702170202353
Amblygonite  (*)NoneLiAl(PO4)F170217020244
Arseniosiderite  (*)ArseniosideriteCa2Fe3+3O2(AsO4)3·3H2O170217020194
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS1702170209052
Autunite  (*)AutuniteCa(UO2)2(PO4)2·10-12H2O1702170201272
Barbosalite  (*)LazuliteFe2+Fe3+2(PO4)2(OH)217021702043
Beraunite  (*)BerauniteFe3+6(PO4)4O(OH)4·6H2O170217020136
Bermanite  (*)ArthuriteMn2+Mn3+2(PO4)2(OH)2·4H2O17021702055
Beryl  (*)BerylBe3Al2Si6O181702170204286
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi1702170201966
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO21702170205171
Collinsite  (*)FairfielditeCa2Mg(PO4)2·2H2O17021702038
Crandallite  (*)AluniteCaAl3(PO4)(PO3OH)(OH)6170217020310
Cyrilovite  (*)WarditeNaFe3+3(PO4)2(OH)4·2H2O17021702060
Diadochite  (*)AmorphousFe3+2(PO4)(SO4)(OH)·6H2O17021702081
Dufrénite  (*)DufréniteCa0.5Fe2+Fe3+5(PO4)4(OH)6·2H2O170217020139
Ehrleite  (*)NoneCa2ZnBe(PO4)2(PO3OH)·4H2O1702170201
Elbaite  (*)TourmalineNa(Al1.5Li1.5)Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)170217020520
Englishite  (*)NoneK3Na2Ca10Al15(OH)7(PO4)21·26H2O1702170206
Eosphorite  (*)ChildreniteMn2+Al(PO4)(OH)2·H2O170217020128
Fairfieldite  (*)FairfielditeCa2Mn2+(PO4)2·2H2O17021702072
Ferrisicklerite  (*)OlivineLi1-x(Fe3+,Mn2+)(PO4)170217020108
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F1702170202740
Fransoletite  (*)NoneCa3Be2(PO4)2(PO3OH)2·4H2O1702170201
Frondelite  (*)Rockbridgeite(Mn2+0.5Fe3+0.5)2Fe3+3(PO4)3(OH)517021702052
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS17021702024243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)1702170207437
Gordonite  (*)LaueiteMgAl2(PO4)2(OH)2·8H2O17021702018
Goyazite  (*)AluniteSrAl3(PO4)(PO3OH)(OH)6170217020173
Greifensteinite  (*)RoscheriteCa2Be4Fe2+5(PO4)6(OH)4·6H2O17021702027
Heterosite  (*)OlivineFe3+(PO4)170217020204
Hopeite  (*)HopeiteZn3(PO4)2·4H2O17021702029
Hureaulite  (*)HureauliteMn2+5(PO3OH)2(PO4)2·4H2O170217020125
Hurlbutite  (*)DanburiteCaBe2(PO4)217021702014
Hydroxylapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3OH170217020367
Hydroxylherderite  (*)GadoliniteCaBe(PO4)(OH)170217020119
Jahnsite-(CaMnMg)  (*)JahnsiteCaMn2+Mg2Fe3+2(PO4)4(OH)2·8H2O17021702014
Jahnsite-(NaFeMg)  (*)JahnsiteNaFe3+Mg2Fe3+2(PO4)4(OH)2·8H2O1702170203
Jahnsite-(NaMnMg)  (*)Jahnsite(Na,Ca)(Mn2+,Fe3+)(Mg,Fe3+)2Fe3+2(PO4)4(OH)2(H2O)81702170203
Kidwellite  (*)NoneNaFe3+9+x(PO4)6(OH)11·3H2O (x ≈ 0.33)17021702053
Kingsmountite  (*)CalcioferriteCa3MnFe2+Al4(PO4)6(OH)4·12H2O17021702012
Kryzhanovskite  (*)Reddingite(Fe3+,Mn2+)3(PO4)2(OH,H2O)317021702034
Laueite  (*)LaueiteMn2+Fe3+2(PO4)2(OH)2·8H2O17021702070
Leucophosphite  (*)LeucophosphiteKFe3+2(PO4)2(OH)·2H2O170217020110
Lithiophosphate  (*)NoneLi3(PO4)1702170207
Ludlamite  (*)NoneFe2+3(PO4)2·4H2O17021702066
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS21702170205674
Messelite  (*)FairfielditeCa2Fe2+(PO4)2·2H2O17021702043
Meta-autunite  (*)Meta-autuniteCa(UO2)2(PO4)2·6H2O170217020388
Metaswitzerite  (*)NoneMn2+3(PO4)2·4H2O17021702022
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)1702170204924
Mitridatite  (*)ArseniosideriteCa2Fe3+3O2(PO4)3·3H2O170217020129
Montebrasite  (*)NoneLiAl(PO4)(OH)170217020200
Montgomeryite  (*)CalcioferriteCa4MgAl4(PO4)6(OH)4·12H2O17021702044
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)217021702017380
Pahasapaite  (*)NoneLi8(Ca,Li,K)10Be24(PO4)24·38H2O1702170201
Parafransoletite  (*)NoneCa3Be2(PO4)2(PO3OH)2·4H2O1702170201
Pararobertsite  (*)NoneCa2Mn3+3(PO4)3O2·3H2O1702170201
Parascholzite  (*)NoneCaZn2(PO4)2·2H2O17021702012
Perloffite  (*)BjarebyiteBaMn2+2Fe3+2(PO4)3(OH)31702170207
Pharmacosiderite  (*)PharmacosideriteKFe3+4(AsO4)3(OH)4·6-7H2O170217020428
Phosphoferrite  (*)ReddingiteFe2+3(PO4)2·3H2O17021702031
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS217021702039462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO217021702061156
Robertsite  (*)ArseniosideriteCa2Mn3+3O2(PO4)3·3H2O17021702036
Rockbridgeite  (*)Rockbridgeite(Fe2+0.5Fe3+0.5)2Fe3+3(PO4)3(OH)5170217020206
Roscherite  (*)RoscheriteCa2Mn2+5Be4(PO4)6(OH)4·6H2O17021702022
Scholzite  (*)NoneCaZn2(PO4)2·2H2O17021702020
Schorl  (*)TourmalineNaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)1702170202705
Scorodite  (*)NoneFe3+(AsO4)·2H2O1702170201153
Segelerite  (*)OveriteCaMgFe3+(PO4)2(OH)·4H2O1702170202
Sicklerite  (*)OlivineLiMn2+(PO4)17021702066
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)1702170206417
Spessartine  (*)GarnetMn2+3Al2(SiO4)31702170201214
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS17021702021482
Stewartite  (*)StewartiteMn2+Fe3+2(PO4)2(OH)2·8H2O17021702048
Strengite  (*)NoneFe3+(PO4)·2H2O170217020263
Strunzite  (*)StrunziteMn2+Fe3+2(PO4)2(OH)2·6H2O17021702098
Switzerite  (*)NoneMn2+3(PO4)2·7H2O17021702021
Tavorite  (*)NoneLiFe3+(PO4)(OH)17021702035
Tinsleyite  (*)LeucophosphiteKAl2(PO4)2(OH)·2H2O1702170209
Tiptopite  (*)Cancrinite Cancrinite-sodaliteK2(Li,Na,Ca)6(Be6P6)O24(OH)2·1.3H2O1702170201
Todorokite  (*)None(Na,Ca,K,Ba,Sr)1-x(Mn,Mg,Al)6O12·3-4H2O170217020433
Triphylite  (*)OlivineLiFe2+(PO4)170217020313
Triploidite  (*)WagneriteMn2+2(PO4)(OH)17021702029
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO21702170202718
Ushkovite  (*)LaueiteMgFe3+2(PO4)2(OH)2·8H2O17021702018
Vivianite  (*)VivianiteFe2+3(PO4)2·8H2O170217020636
Wardite  (*)WarditeNaAl3(PO4)2(OH)4·2H2O17021702058
Whiteite-(CaMnMg)  (*)JahnsiteCaMn2+Mg2Al2(PO4)4(OH)2·8H2O1702170207
Whitlockite  (*)CeriteCa9Mg(PO3OH)(PO4)6170217020104
Whitmoreite  (*)ArthuriteFe2+Fe3+2(PO4)2(OH)2·4H2O17021702036
Wyllieite  (*)NoneNaNaMn(Fe2+Al)(PO4)317021702017
Xanthoxenite  (*)NoneCa4Fe3+2(PO4)4(OH)2·3H2O17021702029
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)1702170205251


4 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    Ehrleite, 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 
Grew_Li_2019_0108170217021702      Tavorite 4122Tip Top Mine (Tip Top Pegmatite), Fourmile, Custer District, Custer Co., South Dakota, USATip Top mine, Fourmile quadrangle, Custer County, South Dakota USADahl and Foland (2008)10.2138/am.2008.2633AM93_1215 
Grew_Li_2019_0109170217021702      Tiptopite 4122Tip Top Mine (Tip Top Pegmatite), Fourmile, Custer District, Custer Co., South Dakota, USATip Top mine, Fourmile quadrangle, Custer County, South Dakota USADahl and Foland (2008)10.2138/am.2008.2633AM93_1215 

SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R130057Tip Top Mine (Tip Top Pegmatite), Fourmile, Custer District, Custer Co., South Dakota, USAhttps://rruff.info/R130057
R070653Tip Top Mine (Tip Top Pegmatite), Fourmile, Custer District, Custer Co., South Dakota, USAhttps://rruff.info/R070653
R070654Tip Top Mine (Tip Top Pegmatite), Fourmile, Custer District, Custer Co., South Dakota, USAhttps://rruff.info/R070654
R100214Tip Top Mine (Tip Top Pegmatite), Fourmile, Custer District, Custer Co., South Dakota, USAhttps://rruff.info/R100214
R100215Tip Top Mine (Tip Top Pegmatite), Fourmile, Custer District, Custer Co., South Dakota, USAhttps://rruff.info/R100215
R110026Tip Top Mine (Tip Top Pegmatite), Fourmile, Custer District, Custer Co., South Dakota, USAhttps://rruff.info/R110026
R070630Tip Top Mine (Tip Top Pegmatite), Fourmile, Custer District, Custer Co., South Dakota, USAhttps://rruff.info/R070630
R070613Tip Top Mine (Tip Top Pegmatite), Fourmile, Custer District, Custer Co., South Dakota, USAhttps://rruff.info/R070613
R070452Tip Top Mine (Tip Top Pegmatite), Fourmile, Custer District, Custer Co., South Dakota, USAhttps://rruff.info/R070452
R060213Tip Top Mine (Tip Top Pegmatite), Fourmile, Custer District, Custer Co., South Dakota, USAhttps://rruff.info/R060213
R080072Tip Top Mine (Tip Top Pegmatite), Fourmile, Custer District, Custer Co., South Dakota, USAhttps://rruff.info/R080072
R080126Tip Top Mine (Tip Top Pegmatite), Fourmile, Custer District, Custer Co., South Dakota, USAhttps://rruff.info/R080126
R070631Tip Top Mine (Tip Top Pegmatite), Fourmile, Custer District, Custer Co., South Dakota, USAhttps://rruff.info/R070631
R130056Tip Top Mine (Tip Top Pegmatite), Fourmile, Custer District, Custer Co., South Dakota, USAhttps://rruff.info/R130056
R120119Tip Top Mine (Tip Top Pegmatite), Fourmile, Custer District, Custer Co., South Dakota, USAhttps://rruff.info/R120119
R060806Tip Top Mine (Tip Top Pegmatite), Fourmile, Custer District, Custer Co., South Dakota, USAhttps://rruff.info/R060806
R120040Tip Top Mine (Tip Top Pegmatite), Fourmile, Custer District, Custer Co., South Dakota, USAhttps://rruff.info/R120040
R130045Tip Top Mine (Tip Top Pegmatite), Fourmile, Custer District, Custer Co., South Dakota, USAhttps://rruff.info/R130045
R060858Tip Top Mine (Tip Top Pegmatite), Fourmile, Custer District, Custer Co., South Dakota, USAhttps://rruff.info/R060858
R130054Tip Top Mine (Tip Top Pegmatite), Fourmile, Custer District, Custer Co., South Dakota, USAhttps://rruff.info/R130054
R080068Tip Top Mine (Tip Top Pegmatite), Fourmile, Custer District, Custer Co., South Dakota, USAhttps://rruff.info/R080068
R080127Tip Top Mine (Tip Top Pegmatite), Fourmile, Custer District, Custer Co., South Dakota, USAhttps://rruff.info/R080127
R070706Tip Top Mine (Tip Top Pegmatite), Fourmile, Custer District, Custer Co., South Dakota, USAhttps://rruff.info/R070706
R070609Tip Top Mine (Tip Top Pegmatite), Fourmile, Custer District, Custer Co., South Dakota, USAhttps://rruff.info/R070609
R130055Tip Top Mine (Tip Top Pegmatite), Fourmile, Custer District, Custer Co., South Dakota, USAhttps://rruff.info/R130055
R140770Tip Top Mine (Tip Top Pegmatite), Fourmile, Custer District, Custer Co., South Dakota, USAhttps://rruff.info/R140770

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