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South Dakota State Cement Plant

Producer in Pennington county in South Dakota, United States with commodities Limestone, General, 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 10055593
MRDS ID SD02186
Record type Site
Current site name South Dakota State Cement Plant

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -103.28278, 44.09163 (WGS84)
Elevation 1067
Relative position WEST OF RAPID CITY, SOUTH DAKOTA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pennington(county)

South Dakota(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Rapid City West(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Rapid City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Rapid City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Rapid(hydrologic unit)

Cheyenne(hydrologic accounting unit)

Cheyenne(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States South Dakota Pennington

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Black Hills 002N 007E 33 South Dakota

Comments on the location information

  • NW 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Limestone, General Primary
Stone, Crushed/Broken Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limestone Ore
Shale Ore
Marcasite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Minnekahta Limestone;Opeche Shale
    Rock description Minnekahta Limestone;Opeche Shale
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -103.28278, 44.09163
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 10.67M

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE SHALE UNDERLIES THE LIMESTONE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Unorganized District

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner State Of South Dakota
    Home office South Dakota

Comments on the production information

  • THE PLANT PRODUCES BETWEEN 3,000 AND 4,000 BARRELS OF CEMENT A DAY

Comments on the workings information

  • LIMESTONE AND UNDERLYING SHALE ARE MINED IN THE MAIN PIT.

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 AFTER THE 35 FT OF LIMESTONE IS MINED, ABOUT 18 FT OF THE UNDERLYING SHALE IS MINED

Reporter information

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

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