Grant Robinson Mine

Past Producer in Fall River county in South Dakota, United States with commodity Gypsum-Anhydrite
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. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10101685
MRDS ID D007206
Record type Site
Current site name Grant Robinson Mine
Alternate or previous names Baker Plaster Co., Hot Springs Plaster Co., U.S. Gypsum Co.

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -103.49223, 43.45829 (WGS84)
Elevation 1113
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position 1 MILE NORTH OF HOT SPRINGS, SOUTH DAKOTA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Fall River(county)

South Dakota(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Hot Springs(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Hot Springs(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Hot Springs(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Cheyenne-Spring(hydrologic unit)

Cheyenne(hydrologic accounting unit)

Cheyenne(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

USACE(Federal land areas administered by USACE)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States South Dakota Fall River

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Black Hills 007S 005E 11 South Dakota

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gypsum-Anhydrite Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gypsum Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
    Rock unit name Spearfish Formation
    Rock description Spearfish Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -103.49223, 43.45829

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1893

Mining district

District name Unorganized District

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner U.S. Gypsum Co.
    Home office 209east Santa Fe, Grants, N.M. 87020

Comments on the production information

  • 1893 - 1909: 30 TONS PER DAY

Comments on the workings information

  • GYPSUM WAS QUARRIED IN BENCHES; SHALE & CLAY WERE STRIPPED AND DISPOSED OF AS WASTE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, 1955, BLACK HILLS MINERAL ATLAS, SOUTH DAKOTA: PART 2, BUREAU OF MINES INFORMATION CIRCULAR 7707

  • Production

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, 1955, BLACK HILLS MINERAL ATLAS, SOUTH DAKOTA: PART 2, BUREAU OF MINES INFORMATION CIRCULAR 7707

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 30 ACRES PATENTED. A MEASURED SECTION GAVE 15 FT GYPSUM, 10 FT RED SHALE, 14 FT GYPSUM, 1 FT RED CLAY, 4.5 FT GYPSUM

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1981 Barari, Rachel A. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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