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Burke Quarry

Past Producer in Fall River county in South Dakota, United States with commodity Stone, Crushed/Broken
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10104267
MRDS ID SD02465
Record type Site
Current site name Burke Quarry

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -103.38416, 43.44163 (WGS84)
Elevation 1052
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position 5 MILES EAST OF HOT SPRINGS AND ABOUT 3 MILES NORTH OF THE EVANS QUARRY.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Fall River(county)

South Dakota(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Hot Springs(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Hot Springs(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Hot Springs(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Cheyenne-Spring(hydrologic unit)

Cheyenne(hydrologic accounting unit)

Cheyenne(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States South Dakota Fall River

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
007S 006E 15 South Dakota

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone, Crushed/Broken Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Sandstone Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Dakota
    Rock description Dakota
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous

Nearby scientific data

(1) -103.38416, 43.44163
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 15.24M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1905

Mining district

District name Unorganized District

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Burke Stone Co.

Comments on the production information

  • TOTAL PRODUCTION IS NOT KNOWN BUT IT WAS LARGE.

Comments on the workings information

  • QUARRY

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: PLANT CAPACITY 300 TONS CUT STONE PER DAY

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, 1955, BLACK HILLS MINERAL ATLAS, SOUTH DAKOTA: PART 2, BUREAU OF MINES INFORMATION CIRCULAR 770

  • Production

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, 1955, BLACK HILLS MINERAL ATLAS, SOUTH DAKOTA: PART 2, BUREAU OF MINES INFORMATION CIRCULAR 7707

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 280 AC

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1981 Barari, Rachel A. U.S. Geological Survey

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