Iron Mines in South Dakota

26Total Sites
2Active

Iron Mining in South Dakota

South Dakota has 26 iron-related mine and mineral deposit locations recorded in federal databases. Of these, 2 are currently active operations. Data comes from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System and MSHA Mine Safety and Health Administration records.

The earliest recorded iron mine in South Dakota is Tilson Gulch Bog Iron Deposit in Lawrence County, with records dating to 1893.

By County

CountySites
Lawrence County16
Pennington County10

Iron Mines

MineCountyTypeStatus
Black Fox DepositLawrenceUndergroundProducer
Cf&i PitLawrenceSurfaceProducer
Blakely Bog Iron DepositPenningtonPast Producer
Blakely Bog Iron DepositPenningtonSurfacePast Producer
Cottrill Bog Iron DepositPenningtonOccurrence
Cottrill Bog Iron DepositPenningtonSurfaceProspect
Dungey Bog Iron DepositPenningtonOccurrence
Dungey Bog Iron DepositPenningtonSurfacePast Producer
Hausle Bog Iron DepositPenningtonPast Producer
Hausle Bog Iron DepositPenningtonSurfacePast Producer
Hoffman Iron DepositLawrenceSurfaceProspect
Hoffman Iron Deposit MineLawrencePast Producer
Iron MineLawrenceUndergroundPast Producer
Lessering Bog Iron DepositPenningtonPast Producer
Lessering Bog Iron OrePenningtonSurfacePast Producer
Lor MineLawrencePast Producer
Lor Mining CompanyLawrenceSurfacePast Producer
Melcert Bog Iron DepositLawrenceOccurrence
Melchert Bog Iron DepositLawrenceSurfaceUnknown
Negro Gulch Bog Iron DepositLawrencePast Producer
Negro Gulch Bog Iron DepositLawrenceSurfacePast Producer
Strawberry Hill MineLawrenceUndergroundPast Producer
Swilley Gulch Bog Iron DepositLawrencePast Producer
Swilley Gulch Bog Iron DepositLawrenceSurfacePast Producer
Tilson Gulch Bog IronLawrenceSurfacePast Producer
Tilson Gulch Bog Iron DepositLawrencePast Producer

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