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Buffalo Quad

Past Producer in Harding county in South Dakota, United States with commodities Lignite, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Petroleum (Oil), Natural Gas, Uranium, Bloating Material
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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. Geologic structures
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10055401
MRDS ID SD00107
Record type Site
Current site name Buffalo Quad

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -103.62558, 45.62496 (WGS84)
Elevation 1093
Relative position COMPRISES AN AREA OF APPROXIMATELY 210 SQUARE MILES NEAR BUFFALO, S.D., AND IS 105 AIR MILES NNW OF RAPID CITY.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Harding(county)

South Dakota(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Saddle Butte(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Camp Crook(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Lemmon(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

South Fork Grand(hydrologic unit)

Grand-Moreau(hydrologic accounting unit)

Missouri-Oahe(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States South Dakota Harding

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Black Hills South Dakota

Comments on the location information

  • LONGITUDE AND LATITUDE ARE FOR THE CENTER OF THE QUAD. MAXIMUM ELEVATION LISTED.
  • LATITUDE AND LONGITUDE ARE FOR THE CENTER OF THE AREA.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lignite Secondary
Stone, Crushed/Broken Tertiary
Petroleum (Oil) Tertiary
Natural Gas Tertiary
Uranium Tertiary
Bloating Material Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Carnotite Ore
Clay Ore
Lignite Ore

Analytical data

Result LISTED UNDER SPECIFIC SAMPLING LOCATIONS.

Nearby scientific data

(1) -103.62558, 45.62496
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description See Comments

Comments on the geologic information

  • QUATERNARY ALLUVIUM AND DUNE SAND ARE ALSO FOUND IN THIS AREA.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Significant No

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • E1 - HILLEN FACIES = 6762812 MET TONS { E2 - AREA SOUTH OF LODGEPOLE, LODGEPOLE FACIES = 6736508 MET TONS { E3 - AREA NORTH AND NORTHEAST OF LODGEPOLE, LODGEPOLE FACIES = 12327438 MET TONS { E4 - ADJACENT TO WOLF BUTTE IN THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF THE MAP, LODGEPOLE FACIES = 214059 MET TONS { E5 - 8410600 CUBIC METERS { E6 - 18141 MET TONS { THESE TONNAGES ARE COMPUTED ON A MINIMUM THICKNESS OF 2.5 FT (0.76 M), A SPECIFIC GRAVITY OF 1.25 AND 1700 TONS/ACRE-FOOT, (1254 MET TONS/CUBIC METER). THE TWO TYPES OF ESTIMATES ARE MEASURED, WITHIN .5 MI (0.80 KM) OF A MEASURED SECTION, AND INDICATED, .5 - 1.5 MI (0.80 - 2.41 KM) FROM A MEASURED SECTION.
  • SEE RESERVES AND POTENTIAL RESOURCES COMMENTS

Comments on the workings information

  • ALL MINING WAS RESTRICTED TO LOCAL USE. COAL THICKNESS VARIES RAPIDLY FROM LESS THAN 1 INCH TO OVER 10 FEET.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1975 Barari, Rachel A. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-FEB-1982 Barari, Rachel A. U.S. Geological Survey

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