Dungey Bog Iron Deposit

Occurrence in Pennington county in South Dakota, United States with commodity Iron
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. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10055603
MRDS ID SD02198
Record type Site
Current site name Dungey Bog Iron Deposit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -103.79501, 44.14107 (WGS84)
Elevation 1737
Relative position 3 MILES WEST-NORTHWEST OF ROCHFORD, S.D. ASTRIDE THE LAWRENCE-PENNINGTON COUNTY LINE.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lawrence(county)

South Dakota(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Nahant(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 07,08,17,18 South Dakota

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Analytical data

Result ANALYSES: 46% IRON, 12% SILICA, 0.025% PHOSPHOROUS, 0.03 - 3.11% SULFUR

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Alluvium
    Rock unit name Pyritic, Graphitic Slates And Schists
    Rock description Pyritic, Graphitic Slates And Schists
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -103.79501, 44.14107

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 2.13M
    Length 274.32M
    Width 152.4M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Valleys

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Rochford District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Black Hills National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Ed Dungey

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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit INADEQUATE TESTING - SIZE OF VALLEY INDICATES LARGER DEPOSIT. DEPOSIT CONSISTS OF BEDDED IRON - RICH MATERIAL AND POROUS REPLACEMENT OF ORGANIC MATERIAL IN SWAMPY AREAS.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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