Thyboe Prospect

Past Producer in Harding county in South Dakota, United States with commodities Uranium, Stone, Crushed/Broken
Sections on this page
  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. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10055414
MRDS ID SD01502
Record type Site
Current site name Thyboe Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -103.12639, 45.53552 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Harding(county)

South Dakota(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Battleship Rock(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Camp Crook(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Lemmon(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Moreau(hydrologic unit)

Grand-Moreau(hydrologic accounting unit)

Missouri-Oahe(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States South Dakota Harding

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Black Hills 018N 008E 10 SW South Dakota

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary
Stone, Crushed/Broken Tertiary

Analytical data

Result METATYUYAMUNITE IN THE SANDSTONE OF THE LUDLOW FORMATION. ASSAYS UP TO 0.19 PERCENT URANIUM OXIDE.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Ludlow
    Rock description Ludlow
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) Ludlow Formation

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike NW - SE
    Dip 10 DEG SW

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PETSCH, BRUNO C., 1955 , REVA QUAD, SDGS

  • Deposit

    CURTISS, ROBERT E., 1955 , A PRELIMINARY REPORT ON THE URANIUM IN SOUTH DAKOTA, REPORT OF INVESTIGATIONS NO. 79 , SDGS

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-77 Barari, Rachel A. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAY-83 Barari, Rachel A. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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