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Hausle Bog Iron Deposit

Past Producer in Pennington county in South Dakota, United States with commodity Iron
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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. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10055604
MRDS ID SD02199
Record type Site
Current site name Hausle Bog Iron Deposit
Alternate or previous names Double Star Claim

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -103.77224, 44.13774 (WGS84)
Elevation 1676
Relative position LIES ALONG HOBBS CREEK, 3.7 MILES NORTHWEST OF ROCHFORD, S.D.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pennington(county)

South Dakota(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Nahant(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)

Federal lands

Black Hills 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 Pennington

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Black Hills 002N 003E 16 South Dakota

Comments on the location information

  • NW 1/4, NW 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Goethite Ore
Limonite Ore

Analytical data

Result 44 - 51% FE, 0.03% PHOSPHOROUS, 1% SULFUR

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Alluvium
    Rock unit name Slates And Schists
    Rock description Slates And Schists
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -103.77224, 44.13774
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 3.05M
    Length 304.8M
    Width 18.29M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Valleys

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Rochford District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Black Hills National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Hausle, Albert

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall length 30.48M
    Overall width 18.29M

Comments on the workings information

  • PIT 10 FT DEEP

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

  • Deposit

    U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, U.S. BUREAU OF RECLAMATION, AND SOUTH DAKOTA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY 1975, MINERAL AND WATER RESOURCES OF SOUTH DAKOTA, SOUTH DAKOTA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 16

  • Production

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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPOSIT CONSISTS OF BEDDED IRON - RICH MATERIAL AND POROUS REPLACEMENT OF ORGANIC MATERIAL IN SWAMPY AREAS

Reporter information

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

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