Mine detail: Lessering Bog Iron Deposit

Previously called 'Iron Lode'

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Location: Pennington County, South Dakota, United States, North America
Lat / long: 44.11996, -103.79724
dep_id: 10055601
mrds_id: SD02196
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Iron
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Goethite, Limonite
work_type: Surface
alteration: Limonite On Surface
conc_proc: The Iron Was Derrived Mostly From Weathering Of Either Sulfide - Rich Schists Or Iron - Formation & Was Transported In Surface & Spring Waters To Bogs, Where It Was Precipitated Largely By Organic Material.
ore_ctrl: Valleys
Reporter: Barari, Rachel A.
hrock_unit: Schist
hrock_type: Alluvium
References:
  • Deposit:: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, 1954, BLACK HILLS MINERAL ATLAS, SOUTH DAKOTA: PART I, BUREAU OF MINES INFORMATION CIRCULAR 7688
  • Deposit:: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, U.S. BUREAU OF RECLAMATION, AND SOUTH DAKOTA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY 1975, MINERAL AND WATER RESOURCES OF SOUTH DAKOTA, SOUTH DAKOTA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 16
  • Production:: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, 1954, BLACK HILLS MINERAL ATLAS, SOUTH DAKOTA: PART 1, BUREAU OF MINES INFORMATION CIRCULAR 7688
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