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Carbon King Group

Occurrence 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. Geologic structures
  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. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10055627
MRDS ID SD02228
Record type Site
Current site name Carbon King Group
Alternate or previous names Carbon King Property

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -103.72724, 44.08135 (WGS84)
Elevation 1646
Relative position 3 MI WEST OF MYSTIC, 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

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 001N 003E 02 South Dakota

Comments on the location information

  • INEXACT LOCATION

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Graphite Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Graphite Ore

Analytical data

Result 16 - 21% GRAPHITIC CARBON

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
    Rock unit name Flag Rock Formation (Schist)
    Rock description Flag Rock Formation (Schist)
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -103.72724, 44.08135
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Graphitic Zones Are Conformable To The Orginal Sediment Beds But Now Lie At Steep Angles Due To Intense Folding

Ore body information

  • Strike N 10 W
    Dip 75 NE
    Width 7.62M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Vein Strikes N 10 W, Dips 75 Ne

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Unorganized District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Black Hills National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner J. B. And Vincent Cordes

Comments on the workings information

  • GRAPHITE EXPOSED BY A SERIES OF SHALLOW CUTS ACROSS THE STRIKE

Comments on development

  • 2 CLAIMS OF 20 AC EACH

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-NOV-1979 Barari, Rachel A. U.S. Geological Survey

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