Location: | Lawrence County, South Dakota, United States, North America |
Lat / long: | 44.17052, -103.75446 |
dep_id: | 10055607 |
mrds_id: | SD02203 |
Commodity type: | metallic |
Major mineral: | Iron |
Operation type: | Unknown |
Production size: | No production occurred |
Development status: | Occurrence |
ore: | Goethite, Limonite |
gangue: | Clay |
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 Slate 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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