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Tilford Mine

Past Producer in Meade county in South Dakota, United States with commodity Gypsum-Anhydrite
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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. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10055564
MRDS ID SD02147
Record type Site
Current site name Tilford Mine
Alternate or previous names Us Gypsum Company Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -103.4125, 44.3069 (WGS84)
Elevation 1085
Relative position EAST SIDE OF TILFORD, SOUTH DAKOTA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Meade(county)

South Dakota(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Tilford(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Rapid City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Rapid City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Cheyenne-Elk(hydrologic unit)

Cheyenne(hydrologic accounting unit)

Cheyenne(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States South Dakota Meade

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Black Hills 004N 006E 17 South Dakota

Comments on the location information

  • S 1/2

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gypsum-Anhydrite Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gypsum Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Spearfish Formation-Red Shale And Sandstone
    Rock description Spearfish Formation-Red Shale And Sandstone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -103.4125, 44.3069
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Dip NE
    Thickness 7.62M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Upper Bed

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Unorganized District

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner U.S. Gypsum Co.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    US BUREAU OF MINES, 1954 , BLACK HILLS MINERAL ATLAS, SOUTH DAKOTA: PART 1 , BUREAU OF MINES INFORMATION CIRCULAR 7688

  • Production

    US BUREAU OF MINES, 1954 , BLACK HILLS MINERAL ATLAS, SOUTH DAKOTA: PART 1 , BUREAU OF MINES INFORMATION CIRCULAR 7688 .

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit EXTENSIVE BEDS OF GYPSUM

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1979 Barari, Rachel A. U.S. Geological Survey

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