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Staurolite from
Beecher No. 3, Beecher Lode, Custer, Custer Mining District, Custer County, South Dakota, USA


Classification
Species:Staurolite
Formula:Fe22+Al9Si4O23(OH)
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Staurolite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Beecher No. 3, Beecher Lode, Custer, Custer Mining District, Custer County, South Dakota, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:384200
Long-form Identifier:1:3:384200:3
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Staurolite
9.4km (5.8 miles) ⓘSilver Dollar Mine, Custer Mining District, Custer County, South Dakota, USA
15.4km (9.6 miles) ⓘJapanzy Mine (Tenderfoot Mine; Czar Mine), Tenderfoot Gulch, Custer County, South Dakota, USA
15.5km (9.6 miles) ⓘEureka Lode Prospect (Hultz), Custer County, South Dakota, USA
16.5km (10.2 miles) ⓘHugo Mine, Keystone, Keystone Mining District, Pennington County, South Dakota, USA
16.9km (10.5 miles) ⓘUS highway 16 roadside occurrence, Custer County, South Dakota, USA
17.7km (11.0 miles) ⓘOreville, Custer County, South Dakota, USA
18.6km (11.6 miles) ⓘRed Spar Mine, Unorganized mining district [1], Custer County, South Dakota, USA
18.6km (11.6 miles) ⓘPeerless Mine, Keystone, Keystone Mining District, Pennington County, South Dakota, USA
19.3km (12.0 miles) ⓘSitting Bull pegmatite, Keystone, Keystone Mining District, Pennington County, South Dakota, USA
19.4km (12.0 miles) ⓘHoly Terror Mine, Keystone Gold Mining District, Pennington County, South Dakota, USA
References
Redden, Jack Allison (1959) Beryl deposits of the Beecher No.3 Black Diamond pegmatite, Custer County, South Dakota. USGS Bulletin: 1072-
Roberts, Willard Lincoln, Rapp, George Jr. (1965) Mineralogy of the Black Hills. Bulletin 18. South Dakota School of Mines and Technology
 
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