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Edgemont Quarry

Past Producer in Fall River county in South Dakota, United States with commodity Stone, Dimension
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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. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10055746
MRDS ID SD02485
Record type Site
Current site name Edgemont Quarry

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -103.78585, 43.35218 (WGS84)
Elevation 1097
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position 3.5 MILES NORTHEAST OF EDGEMONT, SOUTH DAKOTA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Fall River(county)

South Dakota(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Edgemont(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Hot Springs(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Hot Springs(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Angostura Reservoir(hydrologic unit)

Cheyenne(hydrologic accounting unit)

Cheyenne(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States South Dakota Fall River

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Black Hills 008S 003E 17 South Dakota

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone, Dimension Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • THE STONE IS MASSIVE AND READILY ACCESSIBLE. DEMAND HAS BEEN LIMITED BECAUSE OF THE HIGH COST OF TRANSPORTATION AND INCREASED USE OF CONCRETE.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Sandstone Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Dakota
    Rock description Dakota
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -103.78585, 43.35218
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Unorganized District

Comments on the workings information

  • QUARRY

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, 1955, BLACK HILLS MINERAL ATLAS, SOUTH DAKOTA: PART 2, BUREAU OF MINES INFORMATION CIRCULAR 7707

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-81 Barari, Rachel A. U.S. Geological Survey

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