| Custer Road Cut Custer, SD US Uploaded By Scott (webmaster) Uploaded on Monday, August 17, 2009 at 01:47:15 PM Viewed 7991 times |
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| From the Travel Channel's Treasure Wiki South Dakota Page: "The road cut has a metamorphic schist and glassy-gray quartz, pink feldspar, silvery micas, and shiny black tourmaline. 1. Only small amounts of mineral specimens can be taken from South Dakota roadways and only after notifying the nearest highway department office. Helpful notes to newcomers: This site is an educational stop to learn about the unique mineralogy of the Black Hills. I have collected some very nice specimens fom this site." | Directions can be found on the Travel Channel's Treasure Wiki South Dakota Page. This site says: "From Custer SD drive west on HWY 16 toward Jewel Cave National Park. The road cut is on the right about 2 miles from Custer. Be sure to see Jewel Cave and the beauty of the Black Hills from underground. " |