Melchert Bog Iron Deposit

Unknown in Lawrence county in South Dakota, United States with commodity Iron
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  8. Land status
  9. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10250740
MAS/MILS ID 0460810186
Record type Site
Current site name Melchert Bog Iron Deposit

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -103.75477, 44.16936 (WGS84)
Elevation 1737

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lawrence(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 Lawrence

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -103.75477, 44.16936

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    US BUREAU OF MINES,1954,STAFF REG V,1 INFO CIRCULAR 7688 P 9

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 18-NOV-1983 Intermountain Field Operations Center (IFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.