Bison Quad

Producer in Perkins county in South Dakota, United States with commodities Lignite, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay
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 60001241
MRDS ID SD01863
Record type District
Current site name Bison Quad

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -102.37554, 45.62496 (WGS84)
Relative position LONGITUDE AND LATITUDE ARE FOR THE CENTER OF THE MAPPED AREA. MAXIMUM ALTITUDE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Perkins(county)

South Dakota(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bison(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Lemmon(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 Perkins

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lignite Secondary
Sand and Gravel, Construction Secondary
Clay Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

(1) Hell Creek Formation

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description THE AREA LIES ON THE WEST FLANK OF THE WILLISTON BASIN AND HAS A NORTHEAST DIP OF 3 TO 5 M/KM.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BOLIN, EDWARD J., 1955 , BISON QUADRANGLE, SOUTH DAKOTA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY

Beyond USGS

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