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Cedar Canyon

Occurrence in Harding county in South Dakota, United States with commodity Uranium
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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. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10092995
MRDS ID SD01748
Record type Site
Current site name Cedar Canyon

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -103.15917, 45.37107 (WGS84)
Relative position IT IS ABOUT 30 MI ( 48 KM ) SOUTHEAST OF BUFFALO AND 60 MI ( 97 KM ) NORTH OF NEWELL.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Harding(county)

South Dakota(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Irish Butte(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Redig(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Lemmon(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Moreau(hydrologic unit)

Grand-Moreau(hydrologic accounting unit)

Missouri-Oahe(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Custer Gallatin 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 Harding

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Black Hills 016N;017N 007E;008E 08,09 South Dakota

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Carnotite Ore

Analytical data

Result SEE SEPARATE RECORDS.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Mudstone > Bentonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Siltstone
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Paleo Ludlow Formation;Oligo Chadron Formation;Arikaree Formation;Landslide Material
    Rock description Paleo Ludlow Formation;Oligo Chadron Formation;Arikaree Formation;Landslide Material

Nearby scientific data

(1) Hell Creek Formation
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Homocline Dips To The Northeast Generally Less Than 1 Deg In The Hell Creek And Ludlow Formations; Chadron And Arikaree Formations Are A Gentle Syncline; Two Major Unconformities - One At The Base Of Oligocene And The Other At The Base Of Miocene; Many Landslide Blocks

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Perched Water Table; Differences In Permeability And Porosity Affecting Ground Water Migration

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1953

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: A WELL-GRADED COUNTY ROAD CONNECTS STATE HIGHWAY 8, ABOUT 11 MI ( 18 KM ) NORTH OF THE AREA, WITH US HIGHWAY 212 AT NEWELL, THE NEAREST RAIL SHIPPING POINT. AREAS NOT ACCESSIBLE BY THIS COUNTY ROAD CAN BE REACHED BY DIRT RANCH ROADS AND FOREST SERVICE TRAILS. THE DEPOSIT IS LOCATED IN THE SLIM BUTTES, WHERE STEEP CLIFFS AS HIGH AS 250 FT ( 76 M ) AND V-SHAPED CANYONS, STEEP-SIDED GULLIES AND LANDSLIDE BLOCKS MAKE TRAVEL ALONG THE BASE DIFFICULT. SPRINGS, RESULTING FROM THE PERCHED WATER TABLE, ARE COMMON, BUT PERENNIAL STREAMS ARE ABSENT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PETSCH, BRUNO C., 1955 , GOVERT QUAD, SOUTH DAKOTA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY

  • Deposit

    GILL, JAMES R. AND MOORE, GEORGE W., 1955 , CARNOTITE-BEARING SANDSTONE IN CEDAR CANYON, SLIM BUTTES, HARDING COUNTY, SOUTH DAKOTA, USGS BULLETIN 1009 - I

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1978 Barari, Rachel A. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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