The Tilson Gulch Bog Iron Deposit is a iron mine located in Lawrence county, South Dakota at an elevation of 5,699 feet.
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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Elevation: 5,699 Feet (1,737 Meters)
Commodity: Iron
Lat, Long: 44.17778, -103.75639
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Tilson Gulch Bog Iron Deposit MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Tilson Gulch Bog Iron Deposit
Commodity
Primary: Iron
Location
State: South Dakota
County: Lawrence
District: Rochford District
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Administrative Organization: Black Hills National Forest
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Claude And Ray Prothero
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1893
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Interior Plains
Physiographic Province: Great Plains Province
Physiographic Section: Black Hills
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Alluvium
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Alluvium
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Holocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Limonite
Ore: Goethite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): OUTCROPS ARE POOR AND THE DEPOSIT WAS NOT WELL OPENED UP AT THE TIME OF THE REVIEW (1954) DEPOSIT CONSISTS OF BEDDED IRON - RICH MATERIAL AND POROUS REPLACEMENT OF ORGANIC MATERIAL IN SWAMPY AREAS.
Comment (Location): ALSO KNOWN AS SWEDE GULCH ON TILLSON CREEK (THROUGH THE CENTER OF THE SECTION)
Comment (Production): 165 CARS SHIPPED TO SMELTERS FOR FLUX
References
Reference (Deposit): U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, 1954, BLACK HILLS MINERAL ATLAS, SOUTH DAKOTA: PART I, BUREAU OF MINES INFORMATION CIRCULAR 7688
Reference (Deposit): U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, U.S. BUREAU OF RECLAMATION, AND SOUTH DAKOTA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, 1975, MINERAL AND WATER RESOURCES OF SOUTH DAKOTA, SOUTH DAKOTA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 16
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