Placers of Deadwood

Past Producer in Lawrence county in South Dakota, United States with commodity Gold
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Controls for ore emplacement
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Bibliographic references

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 60001243
MRDS ID SD02047
Record type District
Current site name Placers of Deadwood

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -103.77168, 44.37306 (WGS84)
Relative position LOCATION FOR DEADWOOD, SOUTH DAKOTA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lawrence(county)

South Dakota(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Lead(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Rapid City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Rapid City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Belle Fourche(hydrologic unit)

Belle Fourche(hydrologic accounting unit)

Cheyenne(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States South Dakota Lawrence

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -103.77168, 44.37306

Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • HOMESTAKE FORMATION, DEADWOOD CEMENT ORES, AND DEADWOOD REPLACEMENT DEPOSITS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    US GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, US BUREAU OF RECLAMATION, AND SOUTH DAKOTA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, 1975 , MINERAL AND WATER RESOURCES OF SOUTH DAKOTA, SOUTH DAKOTA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 16 .

Beyond USGS

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