Mine detail: Melcert Bog Iron Deposit

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

44.17052, -103.75446

Resource(M)

Primary:	Iron
Ore:	Goethite, Limonite
Gangue:	Clay

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	None
Development status:	Occurrence

Geology

Host rock:	Pyritic Graphitic Slate And Schists
Host type:	Alluvium

References

MRDS	SD02203
DEP	10055607
Reference	{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}
Reporter	Barari, Rachel A.