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Blakely 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. 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 10055608
MRDS ID SD02205
Record type Site
Current site name Blakely Bog Iron Deposit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -103.74307, 44.11746 (WGS84)
Elevation 1707
Relative position 0.75 MILE WEST-SOUTHWEST 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

Rochford(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 22 South Dakota

Comments on the location information

  • SE 1/4, IN TRIBUTARY OF SMITH GULCH

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -103.74307, 44.11746
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Width 30.48M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Valleys

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
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 Blakely

Comments on the workings information

  • AREA IS MINED OUT

Comments on development

  • 100 TONS PROSPECTED EXHAUSTED THE DEPOSIT

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 DEPOSIT OCCURS IN SMALL, EAST - FLOWING TRIBUTARY OF SMITH STREAM. 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

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