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Argyle Fuller's Earth Deposit

Past Producer in Custer county in South Dakota, United States with commodity Fullers Earth
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10011967
MRDS ID D007178
Record type Site
Current site name Argyle Fuller's Earth Deposit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -103.7089, 43.54163 (WGS84)
Elevation 1410
Location accuracy 500(meters)
Relative position 17 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CUSTER, SOUTH DAKOTA; 3 MILES WEST OF ARGYLE, SOUTH DAKOTA.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Custer(county)

South Dakota(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Argyle(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Mount Rushmore(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Hot Springs(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Angostura Reservoir(hydrologic unit)

Cheyenne(hydrologic accounting unit)

Cheyenne(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States South Dakota Custer

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Black Hills 006S 003E 12 SE South Dakota

Comments on the location information

  • SE CORNER OF SECTION

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Fullers Earth Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Fullers Earth Ore

Analytical data

Result AN AVERAGE ANALYSIS GIVES PERCENTAGES OF MINERALS: SILICA, 55.45
Result ALUMINA, 18.58
Result FERROUS OXIDE, 3.82
Result LIME, 3.40
Result MAGNESIA, 3.50
Result LOSS ON IGNITION, 8.80
Result VOLATILE MATTER, 5.35.

Nearby scientific data

(1) -103.7089, 43.54163
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1900

Mining district

District name Unorganized District

Comments on the production information

  • SEVERAL SHIPMENTS WERE MADE AFTER 1900

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, 1955, BLACK HILLS MINERAL ATLAS, SOUTH DAKOTA: PART 2, BUREAU OF MINES INFORMATION CIRCULAR 7707

  • Production

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, 1955, BLACK HILLS MINERAL ATLAS, SOUTH DAKOTA: PART 2, BUREAU OF MINES INFORMATION CIRCULAR 7707

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit AT LEAST 1,000 AC ARE UNDERLAIN BY THE DEPOSIT, WHICH IS SEVERAL FEET THICK.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1981 Barari, Rachel A. U.S. Geological Survey

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