| Deposit ID | 10274721 |
|---|---|
| MAS/MILS ID | 461030098 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | South Fork Castle Creek |
| Alternate or previous names | Black Hills Silica Sand Co Mine |
| Point of reference | Trench |
|---|---|
| Geographic coordinates: | -103.8542, 43.9817 (WGS84) |
| Elevation | 1905 |
| Location accuracy | 100(meters) |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Pennington(county)
South Dakota(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Ditch Creek(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Mount Rushmore(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Hot Springs(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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | South Dakota | Pennington |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Sand and Gravel, Industrial | Primary |
| Host or associated | Host | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone | ||||
| Rock unit name | Deadwood Formation | ||||
| |||||
| Trench (1) | -103.8542, 43.9817 |
|---|
| Operation type | Surface |
|---|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
| Commodity type | Non-metallic |
| Significant | No |
| Production years | 1957-1963 |
| Ownership category | National Forest |
|---|
| Type | Owner-Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | BLACK HILL SILICA SAND CO (formerly Frak-Sand Corp.) |
| Year | 1973 |
| First year | 1957 |
| Last year | 1963 |
| Type | Owner-Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Pete Lien |
| Year | 1973 |
| First year | 1963 |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 461030098 |
CHING,P.D,S.D.SCHOOL OF MINES,M.S.THESIS,1973, P. 16-17, 19, 44, 146-147.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | From Ching, 1973, p. 44: "The lower 42 feet of the Deadwood could make a good silica sand. The lithology higher in the section changes to shales interbedded with glauconitic, argillaceous siltstone." "The lower 31 feet exhibit sand grains in the 20-40 mesh which are rounded to well rounded." "The Deadwood sand in the area would not make a good natural bonded molding sand because of small amounts of clay present. It would not meet the specifications of a high quality glass sand. The Deadwood sand here would be good for all other uses of silica sand." Anna Wilson (2015, record updater) notes that this does not mention the use of this deposit for frac sand. Mention of clays, and that it would not make a good glass sand suggest that it would be a poor candidate for frac sand. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 1983-11-18 | Intermountain Field Operations Center (IFOC) | U.S. Bureau of Mines | |
| Updater | 2015-08-12 | Wilson, Anna B | U.S. Geological Survey |
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