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Evans Quarry

Past Producer in Fall River 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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10104269
MRDS ID SD02474
Record type Site
Current site name Evans Quarry

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -103.40583, 43.39829 (WGS84)
Elevation 968
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position 5 MILES SOUTHEAST 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

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 Fall River

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Black Hills 007S 006E 33 South Dakota

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone, Crushed/Broken Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Sandstone Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Dakota Sandstone
    Rock description Dakota Sandstone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous

Nearby scientific data

(1) -103.40583, 43.39829
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form FLAT-LYING

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Large
Significant No
Year of first production 1892
Year of last production 1942

Mining district

District name Unorganized District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Black Hills National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Hot Springs Stone Co.

Comments on the workings information

  • QUARRY

Comments on development

  • THE STONE HAS A COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH OF 8000 LB PER SQ INCHES

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

Reporter information

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

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