| Deposit ID | 10401241 |
|---|---|
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Pole Creek |
| Point of reference | Main Entrance |
|---|---|
| Geographic coordinates: | -103.8615, 43.9793 (WGS84) |
| Location accuracy | 1000(meters) |
| Relative position | About 2000 ft. south-southwest of junction of Pole Creek and South Fork Castle Creek. |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Pennington(county)
South Dakota(state)
United States(country)
USGS map quadrangles
Ditch Creek(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Mount Rushmore(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Hot Springs(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
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 | 10 | SE4 of NW4 of SE4 | South Dakota |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Sand and Gravel, Industrial | Primary |
| Host or associated | Host | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone | ||||
| Rock unit name | Deadwood Formation | ||||
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| Main Entrance (1) | -103.8615, 43.9793 |
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| Operation type | Underground |
|---|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
| Commodity type | Non-metallic |
| Type | Unknown |
|---|---|
| Owner | Black Hills Silica Sand Co (formerly Frak-Sand Corp. of SD) |
Ching, P.D., 1973, An investigation of the Cambrian Deadwood Sandstone in the central and southern Black Hills, South Dakota, as potential industrial silica sands: South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, MS Thesis, 181 p.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| General | Added to database by Anna Wilson (Aug. 12, 2015) based on data in Ching, 1973. Wilson and Benson visited this area bJuly 16, 2015, but did not look at this specific site in Pole Creek due to the remnants of the Rainbow People gathering here. |
| Deposit | From Ching, 1973, p. 45: "The quartz grains are white, subrounded to rounded, and pitted. The concavities are filled with a green, white silty clay material. Some carbonaceous material is present." "The sand could be used as an abrasive sand, building products sand, molding sand, and some miscellaneous sands." "The area is not readily accessible. Overburden is a definite problem in mining the sand." |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 2015-08-12 | Wilson, Anna B. | U.S. Geological Survey |
Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.