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Sturgis Sandstone Quarry

Past Producer in Meade county in South Dakota, United States with commodity Stone, Crushed/Broken
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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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10104219
MRDS ID SD02128
Record type Site
Current site name Sturgis Sandstone Quarry

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -103.5339, 44.73413 (WGS84)
Elevation 1109
Relative position 1 - 1/2 MILES SOUTH WEST OF DOWNTOWN STURGIS, SOUTH DAKOTA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Butte(county)

South Dakota(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Nisland(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Belle Fourche(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Rapid City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Belle Fourche(hydrologic unit)

Belle Fourche(hydrologic accounting unit)

Cheyenne(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States South Dakota Meade

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Black Hills 005N 005E 17 South Dakota

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION UNCERTAIN

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone, Crushed/Broken Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Sandstone Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -103.5339, 44.73413
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 60.96M

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE FORMATION IS NOT UNIFORM IN TEXTURE OR COLOR BUT IS MOSTLY MASSIVE, COARSE GRAY SANDSTONE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Unorganized District

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    US 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-AUG-1979 Barari, Rachel A. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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