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Cedar Canyon - Sple. No. 1

Occurrence in Harding county in South Dakota, United States with commodity Uranium
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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. Land status
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10055420
MRDS ID SD01749
Record type Site
Current site name Cedar Canyon - Sple. No. 1

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -103.16139, 45.37079 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Harding(county)

South Dakota(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Irish Butte(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Redig(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Lemmon(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Moreau(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 016N 008E 08 South Dakota

Comments on the location information

  • LONGITUDE AND LATITUDE ARE FOR THE CENTER OF THE MAPPED AREA. MAXIMUM ELEVATION
  • LOCATED IN THE SLIM BUTTES, CUSTER NATIONAL FOREST.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Carnotite Ore

Analytical data

Result 0.036 % EQUIVALENT URANIUM
Result 0.037 % URANIUM { CLAYSTONE, SANDY, YELLOWISH-GRAY
Result CONTAINS NO VISIBLE CARNOTITE. 1 FT ( 0.3 M ) CHANNEL SAMPLE.

Nearby scientific data

(1) Hell Creek Formation
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • SEC. 11 AND 14, T. 16 N., R. 1 E.; 11.3 HA; AVE. THICKNESS 4.6 M

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: ALL THE STREAMS ARE INTERMITTENT; HOWEVER, SHALLOW SANDS ARE AVAILABLE WHICH CAN FURNISH GOOD WATER IN LARGE QUANTITIES; STOCK DAMS USUALLY CARRY WATER THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. { THERE ARE NO TOWNS OR RAILROADS. ROADS ARE ALL SECONDARY OR COUNTY ROADS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Analytical Data

    SRC.REF: GILL AND MOORE, 1955 , USGS BULL. 1009 - I

  • Deposit

    GILL, JAMES R. AND MOORE, GEORGE W., 1955 , CARNOTITE-BEARING SANDSTONE IN CEDAR CANYON, SLIM BUTTES, HARDING COUNTY, SOUTH DAKOTA, USGS BULL. 1009 - I

  • Deposit

    PETSCH, BRUNO C., 1955 , GOVERT QUAD, SOUTH DAKOTA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1978 Barari, Rachel A. U.S. Geological Survey

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