Mine detail: Dungey Bog Iron Deposit

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Location: Pennington County, South Dakota, United States, North America
Lat / long: 44.14107, -103.79501
dep_id: 10055603
mrds_id: SD02198
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Iron
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
conc_proc: The Iron Was Derived Mostly From Weathering Of Either Sulfide - Rich Schists Or Iron - Formation And Was Transported In Surface And Spring Waters To Bogs, Where It Was Precipitated Largely By Organic Material.
ore_ctrl: Valleys
Reporter: Barari, Rachel A.
hrock_unit: Pyritic, Graphitic Slates And Schists
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
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