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Unidentified Occurrence

Occurrence in Shannon county in South Dakota, United States with commodity Zeolites
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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10055787
MRDS ID SD02540
Record type Site
Current site name Unidentified Occurrence
Alternate or previous names Locality 1045

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -102.55831, 43.52664 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Shannon(county)

South Dakota(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Stirk Table(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Wall(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Hot Springs(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper White(hydrologic unit)

White(hydrologic accounting unit)

Missouri-White(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Pine Ridge Reservation(American Indian Reservation)

American Indian Reservation BIA(Type of land area)

BIA(Federal land areas administered by BIA)

Badlands National Park(National Park)

National Park NPS(Type of land area)

NPS(Federal land areas administered by NPS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States South Dakota Shannon

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 041N 044W 16 NE OF SE South Dakota

Comments on the location information

  • NORTH END OF CEDAR BUTTE. PINE RIDGE INDIAN RESERVATION

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Zeolites Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Clinoptilolite Ore

Analytical data

Result LOWER 34 FT OF SECTION IN BRULE (ZEOLITE CONTENT FEW % TO ABOUT 50 %). UPPER 52 FT IN THE SHARPS FORMATION HAS HIGHEST ZEOLITE CONTENT (GREATER THAN 50 %) OF ANY LOCALITY STUDIED IN REPORT. RANGES FROM 25-100 %.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff
    Rock unit name Brule;Sharps
    Rock description Brule;Sharps
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) Arikaree Group
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR

Comments on the geologic information

  • AMMONIUM ION-EXCHANGE CAPACITY AND OXYGEN-ADSORPTION CAPACITY TABLE IN REPORT.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MORE STUDY OF THE ZEOLITES IN THIS AREA IS NEEDED. POSSIBLE HIGH COMMERCIAL POTENTIAL. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Deposit VERTICAL INTERVAL OF 89 FT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1983 Barari, Rachel A. U.S. Geological Survey

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