Riley Spring Mine

Past Producer in Harding county in South Dakota, United States with commodity Uranium
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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Land status
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10250396
MAS/MILS ID 0460630166
Record type Site
Current site name Riley Spring Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -103.44558, 45.83326 (WGS84)
Elevation 0
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Harding(county)

South Dakota(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Ludlow(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Camp Crook(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Lemmon(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

South Fork Grand(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 022 N 005 E 36 NWNWNE South Dakota

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -103.44558, 45.83326

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name North Cave Hill

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CUSTER NF RPT (UNPUB), 1964, SURFACE MINING IMPACTS, SIOUX

  • Deposit

    RD., P. 8.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit USFS, SURF. MINING ACTIVITY (UNPUBL., SIOUX RD) MISSOULA, MT.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 15-OCT-93 Boleneus, David E. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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