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U.S. Gypsum

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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10055592
MRDS ID SD02185
Record type Site
Current site name U.S. Gypsum

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -103.385, 44.23829 (WGS84)
Elevation 1052
Relative position NORTH OF PIEDMONT, 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

Piedmont(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 003N 006E 10 South Dakota

Comments on the location information

  • NW 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gypsum-Anhydrite Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gypsum Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -103.385, 44.23829
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 6.1M

Comments on the geologic information

  • FRESHLY MINED, THE GYPSUM IS GRAYISH WHITE BUT WEATHERS IN A FEW DAYS TO BRILLIANT WHITE.

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

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Black Hills National Forest

Ownership information

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

Comments on the workings information

  • BOTH OPEN CUT AND SHALLOW UNDERGROUND ROOM - AND - PILLAR OPENINGS

Comments on development

  • MILL.CAP: 100 TONS/DAY ; ECON.YEAR: 1948 ; ECON.COM: CAPACITY OF THE 1 - KETTLE PLANT WAS 100 TONS OF PLASTER PER DAY

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, 1954, BLACK HILLS MINERAL ATLAS, SOUTH DAKOTA: PART I, BUREAU OF MINES INFORMATION CIRCULAR 7688

  • Production

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, 1954, BLACK HILLS MINERAL ATLAS, SOUTH DAKOTA: PART I, BUREAU OF MINES INFORMATION CIRCULAR 7688

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit A RELATIVELY PURE BED OF GYPSUM.

Reporter information

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

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