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Hills Materials

Producer in Pennington county in South Dakota, United States with commodity Limestone, General
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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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10055591
MRDS ID SD02183
Record type Site
Current site name Hills Materials

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -103.28362, 44.09218 (WGS84)
Elevation 1036
Relative position 2.5 MILES WEST OF RAPID CITY, SOUTH DAKOTA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pennington(county)

South Dakota(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Rapid City West(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Rapid City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Rapid City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Rapid(hydrologic unit)

Cheyenne(hydrologic accounting unit)

Cheyenne(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States South Dakota Pennington

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
002N 007E 28,33 South Dakota

Comments on the location information

  • ADJACENT TO U.S. HIGHWAY 14 IN NE 1/4, NW 1/4 OF SEC. 33 WITH A PLOT IN SE 1/4, SW 1/4 SEC. 28

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Limestone, General Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limestone Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Minnekahta Limestone
    Rock description Minnekahta Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -103.28362, 44.09218
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Unorganized District

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Hills Materials Co.
  • Type Owner
    Owner Northwestern Engineering Co.

Comments on the production information

  • OUTPUT IS SEVERAL THOUSAND TONS PER DAY

Comments on the workings information

  • LARGE QUARRY OPEN PIT

Comments on development

  • IN ADDITION TO THE QUARRY IN SEC. 33 THE COMPANY HAS 80 AC IN SEC. 28 ; ECON.COM: EQUIPMENT IS MODERN AND EFFICIENT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, 1954, BLACK HILLS MINERAL ATLAS, SOUTH DAKOTA: PART I, BUREAU OF MINES INFORMATION CIRCULAR 7688

  • Production

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, 1954, BLACK HILLS MINERAL ATLAS, SOUTH DAKOTA: PART I, BUREAU OF MINES INFORMATION CIRCULAR 7688

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1979 Barari, Rachel A. U.S. Geological Survey

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