Ralph Quad

Occurrence in Harding county in South Dakota, United States with commodities Lignite, Petroleum (Oil), Sand and Gravel, Construction, Natural Gas
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Geologic structures
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Bibliographic references

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 60001100
MRDS ID SD00857
Record type District
Current site name Ralph Quad

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -103.12557, 45.85186 (WGS84)
Relative position LONGITUDE AND LATITUDE ARE GIVEN FOR THE CENTER OF THE AREA.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Harding(county)

South Dakota(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Ralph SW(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Camp Crook(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Lemmon(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

South Fork Grand(hydrologic unit)

Grand-Moreau(hydrologic accounting unit)

Missouri-Oahe(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States South Dakota Harding

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lignite Secondary
Petroleum (Oil) Tertiary
Sand and Gravel, Construction Tertiary
Natural Gas Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

(1) Cannonball Formation

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description THE RALPH QUADRANGLE LIES ON THE SOUTHWEST FLANK OF THE DAKOTA (WILLISTON) BASIN AND IS CHARACTERIZED BY A REGIONAL DIP OF 10 FT/MI (1.89 M/KM). MINOR FAULTS AND SHALLOW FOLDS, AMPLITUDE AND DISPLACEMENT LESS THAN 20 FT (6.10 M), ARE PRESENT, BUT HAVE NO PERSISTENT STRIKE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    STEVENSON, ROBERT E., 1957, RALPH QUAD, SOUTH DAKOTA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY

Beyond USGS

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