Cedar Canyon

The Cedar Canyon is a mine located in Harding county, South Dakota.

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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

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Site Name

Primary: Cedar Canyon

Commodity

Tertiary: Uranium

Location

State: South Dakota
County: Harding

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.

Holdings

Not available

Workings

Not available

Ownership

Not available

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1953
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N

Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Interior Plains
Physiographic Province: Great Plains Province
Physiographic Section: Missouri Plateau, Unglaciated

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Not available

Structure

Type: L
Description: Homocline Dips To The Northeast Generally Less Than 1 Deg In The Hell Creek And Ludlow Formations; Chadron And Arikaree Formations Are A Gentle Syncline; Two Major Unconformities - One At The Base Of Oligocene And The Other At The Base Of Miocene; Many Landslide Blocks

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Bentonite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Oligocene

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: SEE SEPARATE RECORDS.

Materials

Ore: Carnotite

Comments

Comment (Development): ECON.COM: A WELL-GRADED COUNTY ROAD CONNECTS STATE HIGHWAY 8, ABOUT 11 MI ( 18 KM ) NORTH OF THE AREA, WITH US HIGHWAY 212 AT NEWELL, THE NEAREST RAIL SHIPPING POINT. AREAS NOT ACCESSIBLE BY THIS COUNTY ROAD CAN BE REACHED BY DIRT RANCH ROADS AND FOREST SERVICE TRAILS. THE DEPOSIT IS LOCATED IN THE SLIM BUTTES, WHERE STEEP CLIFFS AS HIGH AS 250 FT ( 76 M ) AND V-SHAPED CANYONS, STEEP-SIDED GULLIES AND LANDSLIDE BLOCKS MAKE TRAVEL ALONG THE BASE DIFFICULT. SPRINGS, RESULTING FROM THE PERCHED WATER TABLE, ARE COMMON, BUT PERENNIAL STREAMS ARE ABSENT.

References

Reference (Deposit): PETSCH, BRUNO C., 1955 , GOVERT QUAD, SOUTH DAKOTA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY

Reference (Deposit): GILL, JAMES R. AND MOORE, GEORGE W., 1955 , CARNOTITE-BEARING SANDSTONE IN CEDAR CANYON, SLIM BUTTES, HARDING COUNTY, SOUTH DAKOTA, USGS BULLETIN 1009 - I

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