Mine detail: Melcert Bog Iron Deposit

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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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