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Copper Cliff Mine

Past Producer in Pennington county in South Dakota, United States with commodity Graphite
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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Land status
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10055620
MRDS ID SD02220
Record type Site
Current site name Copper Cliff Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -103.8353, 44.12135 (WGS84)
Elevation 2042
Relative position 6 MI WEST OF ROCHFORD, 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

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 002E 23,24 South Dakota

Comments on the location information

  • NEAR RAPID CREEK

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Graphite Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Graphite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Slate
    Rock unit name Schist And Slate
    Rock description Schist And Slate
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -103.8353, 44.12135
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Black Hills National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Copper Cliff Co.

Comments on the workings information

  • 300 FEET OF DEVELOPMENT TUNNELS. GRAPHITE STOCKED IN DUMP

Comments on development

  • $15,000 PAID IN 1901 FOR CLAIMS TOTALING FROM 200 TO 410 ACRES

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

Reporter information

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

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