South Dakota · Lawrence County
Occurrence

Melcert Bog Iron Deposit

Lawrence County, South Dakota, United States
Iron
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Commodities
PrimaryIron
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeN
Ore controlValleys
Materials
Ore mineralsGoethite, Limonite
GangueClay
Geology
Host rockAlluvium · Pyritic Graphitic Slate And Schists
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Identification
Deposit ID10055607
MRDS IDSD02203
RegionNA
Data scoreC
Coordinates44.17052, -103.75446
References
U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, 1954, BLACK HILLS MINERAL ATLAS, SOUTH DAKOTA: PART I, BUREAU OF MINES INFORMATION CIRCULAR 7688U.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