| Deposit ID | 10226574 |
|---|---|
| MAS/MILS ID | 461030097 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Ditch Creek |
| Alternate or previous names | Black Hills Silica Sand Co Mine |
| Point of reference | Trench |
|---|---|
| Geographic coordinates: | -103.8469, 43.9764 (WGS84) |
| Elevation | 1890 |
| Location accuracy | 100(meters) |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Pennington(county)
South Dakota(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Ditch Creek(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Mount Rushmore(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Hot Springs(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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | South Dakota | Pennington |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6th Principal | 01S | 02E | 11 | NE4 of NE4 of SW4 | South Dakota |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Sand and Gravel, Industrial | Primary |
| Sand and Gravel, Industrial/Frac Sand | Secondary |
| Host or associated | Host | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone | ||||
| Rock type qualifier | Locally , quartz-rich, sandstone is poorly cemented. | ||||
| Rock unit name | Deadwood Formation | ||||
| |||||
| Trench (1) | -103.8469, 43.9764 |
|---|
| Operation type | Surface-Underground |
|---|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
| Commodity type | Non-metallic |
| Significant | No |
| Production years | 1957- c. 1970 |
| Ownership category | National Forest |
|---|
| Type | Unknown |
|---|---|
| Owner | South Dakota Proppants |
| Home office | Evergreen, CO |
| Year | 2015 |
| First year | 2014 |
| Type | Owner-Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | BLACK HILL SILICA SAND CO (formerly Frac-Sand Corp. of South Dakota) |
| Year | 1973 |
| First year | 1957 |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 461030097 |
CHING,P.D.,S.D.SCHOOL OF MINES,M.S.THESIS,1973, P.15-18,44-45, 148-149.
Wilson, Anna B., 2015, USGS unpub. field notes.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| General | Patric Galvin of South Dakota Proppants visited Anna Wilson and Mary Ellen Benson at the USGS office at the Federal Center late Fall 2014 and brought sand samples. Wilson and Benson visited the property on July 16, 2015. |
| Deposit | From Ching, 1973, p. 44: "The lower 45 feet is a white, hard, medium grained sandstone. The grains exhibit rounded to well rounded shape. [...] suggest that this sandstone is similiar[sic] to and probably the same lower sandstone at South Fork Castle Creek." "The Deadwood sand from this area could be used for all uses of industrial silica sand. It would have limited use as a high quality glass sand or a natural bonded molding sand." |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 1983-11-18 | Intermountain Field Operations Center (IFOC) | U.S. Bureau of Mines | |
| Reporter | 2015-08-11 | Wilson, Anna B | U.S. Geological Survey |
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