Pickpocket Mine

Past Producer in Harding county in South Dakota, United States with commodities Uranium, Lignite
Sections on this page
  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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Land status
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10055405
MRDS ID SD00589
Record type Site
Current site name Pickpocket Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -103.46058, 45.82718 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Harding(county)

South Dakota(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Ludlow(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)

Federal lands

Custer Gallatin National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States South Dakota Harding

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Black Hills 022N 005E 35 NE South Dakota

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary
Lignite Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Coal Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Tongue River
    Rock description Tongue River
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) Ludlow Formation

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • LODGEPOLE FACIES

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Custer National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    STEVENSON, ROBERT E., 1956, LUDLOW QUAD, SDGS

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit OPERATING GRAVEL PIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1976 Barari, Rachel A. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-APR-1982 Barari, Rachel A. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.