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Lessering Bog Iron Deposit

Past Producer in Pennington county in South Dakota, United States with commodity Iron
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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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10055601
MRDS ID SD02196
Record type Site
Current site name Lessering Bog Iron Deposit
Alternate or previous names Iron Lode

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -103.79724, 44.11996 (WGS84)
Elevation 1768
Relative position 4 MILES WEST OF ROCHFORD, S.D.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pennington(county)

South Dakota(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Deerfield(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)

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 Pennington

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Black Hills 002N 003E 19 South Dakota

Comments on the location information

  • IN EACH FORK OF A SMALL TRIBUTARY TO THE SOUTH FORK OF RAPID CREEK. EAST EDGE OF SECTION.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Goethite Ore
Limonite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Limonite On Surface

Analytical data

Result 56% IRON, 0.027% PHOSPHOROUS, 3.02% INSOLUABLE

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Alluvium
    Rock unit name Schist
    Rock description Schist
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -103.79724, 44.11996
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 3.05M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Valleys

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Rochford District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Black Hills National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Carl Leute

Comments on the production information

  • LEUTE MINED IN 1945, 1947 & 1950, BUT NO FIGURES ARE AVAILABLE.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall length 91.44M
    Overall width 21.34M

Comments on the workings information

  • NO. 1 WAS 200 BY 54 BY 6 FEET; NO. 2 WAS 300 BY 70 BY 3.5 FEET; THERE IS LITTLE OVERBURDEN

Comments on development

  • 2 CLAIMS, 40 AC.

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

  • Deposit

    U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, U.S. BUREAU OF RECLAMATION, AND SOUTH DAKOTA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY 1975, MINERAL AND WATER RESOURCES OF SOUTH DAKOTA, SOUTH DAKOTA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 16

  • Production

    U.S. 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 DEPOSIT CONSISTS OF BEDDED IRON-RICH MATERIAL AND POROUS REPLACEMENT OF ORGANIC MATERIAL IN SWAMPY AREAS. CLAY AND SCHIST ARE THE PRINCIPAL IMPURITIES.

Reporter information

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

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