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Pringle Mine

Past Producer in Custer county in South Dakota, United States with commodity Sand and Gravel, Industrial
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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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Land status
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10201906
MAS/MILS ID 460330005
Record type Site
Current site name Pringle Mine
Alternate or previous names Robert Mccullum Pit,Texas Mining, Pringle Silica Sand Pit, Black Hills Silica Sand Company Pit, Pringle Quarry, Pringle Sand Plant

Comments on the site identification

  • Very likely this is the same property as Pringle Sand Plant (10226245). The Pringle Sand Plant was owned by AGSCO from 2977-1986. See www.agsco.com\history_new.html. Also very likely the same as Pringle Quarry operated by Lien & Sons. Both records have been merged into this record and deleted.

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Trench
Geographic coordinates: -103.5631, 43.60476 (WGS84)
Elevation 1585
Location accuracy 100(meters)
Relative position Clearly visible on imagery.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Custer(county)

South Dakota(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Pringle(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Mount Rushmore(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)

Federal lands

Black Hills National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States South Dakota Custer

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Black Hills 005 S 005 E 19 NW of NE of NE South Dakota

Comments on the location information

  • Location described in Chine, 1973, p. 161 perfectly matches overgrown quarry visible on satellite imagery in ArcGIS ad of Aug, 2015.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Industrial Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • Corrected commodity, was listed as Crushed stone.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Deadwood Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (oldest) Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

Trench (1) -103.5631, 43.60476
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Mining method Open Pit

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Unknown
    Owner Robert Cullum and Texas Mining Corp. of S.D.
  • Type Operator
    Owner PETE LIEN & SONS INC
    Year 1983
  • Type Owner
    Owner AGSCO DAKOTA CORP
    First year 1977
    Last year 1986

Comments on the ownership information

  • Merged record (MAS 0460330371 = nweMRDS 10226238) suggests that this quarry may have been operated by Pete Lien & Sons, Inc. But there is no citable reference to confirm this.

Comments on development

  • Trees and other vegetation on Imagery indicates mine has been abandoned for many years.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CHING,P.D.,1973,SO.DAK.SCHOOL OF MINES UNPUB MS THESIS, 181 p.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit From Ching, 1973, p. 49: "The basal Deadwood sandstone was mined in this location. [...] " "The sandstone is very quartzitic. The lower 25 feet was mined and a second ledge above this was also exploited. In the lower 10 feet there are a number of pegmatitic minerals in the Deadwood sandstone. Also, there are some pebble zones in this lower 25 feet." "The Deadwood sand in this vicinity would not make a good silica sand. This is due primarily to the quartzitc nature of the sandstone. There are not enough good areas to warrant selected mining of the beds. Upgrading the sand through scrubbing and washing may give enough good sand to make a plant economically feasible." "The Deadwood sand could be used as an abrasive sand, building products sand, refractory sand, and miscellaneous uses. A plant could produce some hydraulic fracturing sand."

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 1983-12-07 Intermountain Field Operations Center (IFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines Also entered MAS 0460330371 = newMRDS 102262238 and MAS 0460330373 = newMRDS 10226245
Updater 2015-08-12 Wilson, Anna B U.S. Geological Survey

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