Rapid City, City of Rapid City, Pennington County, South Dakota, United States

Alternative Names:	Haeohemahpe, Hay Camp, Háeohémahpe, RAP, Rapid, Rapid City, Rapid Siti, Rapid-Siti, la pi de cheng, laepideusiti, rabyd syty, raipida siti, rapiddoshiti, rpyd syty dakwtay jnwby, Рапид Сити, Рапид-Сити, Рапід-Сіті, رابيد سيتي, رپید سیتی، داکوتای جنوبی, ریپڈ سٹی، جنوبی ڈکوٹا, रैपिड सिटी, แรพิดซิตี, ラピッドシティ, 拉皮德城, 래피드시티
Type:	Seat of a second-order administrative division
Mindat.org Region:	Pennington County, South Dakota, USA
Region:	City of Rapid City, Pennington County, South Dakota, United States
Latitude:	44° 4' 49" N
Longitude:	103° 13' 51" W
Lat/Long (dec):	44.08054,-103.23101
Köppen climate type:	Dfa : Hot-summer humid continental climate
Elevation:	988m
Population:	73,569 (2017)
Mindat Feature ID:	5768233
Long-form Identifier:	mindat:2:6:5768233:0
GUID:	c47a0380-7881-4dff-b845-f20727d1bd1a

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Mindat.org localities near to this feature

Locality	Latitude	Longitude	Distance
Rapid City, Pennington County, South Dakota, USA	44° 4' 49" N	103° 13' 51" W	0.0km (0.0 miles)
Gyp Pit (MRDS - 10299374), Pennington County, South Dakota, USA	44° 4' 47" N	103° 15' 4" W	1.6km (1.0 miles)
Haydite Pit, Pennington County, South Dakota, USA	44° 4' 47" N	103° 15' 4" W	1.6km (1.0 miles)
Cowboy Hill, Rapid City, Pennington County, South Dakota, USA	44° 5' 33" N	103° 14' 57" W	2.0km (1.2 miles)
Museum of Geology, Rapid City, Pennington County, South Dakota, USA	44° 4' 23" N	103° 12' 22" W	2.1km (1.3 miles)
Dakota Lime & Brick Company Quarry, Pennington County, South Dakota, USA	44° 5' 49" N	103° 16' 32" W	4.0km (2.5 miles)
South Dakota State Cement Plant, Unorganized mining district [5], Pennington County, South Dakota, USA	44° 5' 30" N	103° 16' 55" W	4.3km (2.7 miles)
Hills Materials Limestone Quarry, Unorganized mining district [5], Pennington County, South Dakota, USA	44° 5' 32" N	103° 16' 59" W	4.4km (2.7 miles)
Lange Gypsum Quarry, Pennington County, South Dakota, USA	44° 6' 41" N	103° 16' 0" W	4.5km (2.8 miles)
Rapid City Limestone Quarry, Pennington County, South Dakota, USA	44° 5' 42" N	103° 17' 58" W	5.7km (3.6 miles)
Pete Lien Quarry, Pennington County, South Dakota, USA	44° 7' 6" N	103° 16' 57" W	5.9km (3.7 miles)
Everist Limestone Quarry, Pennington County, South Dakota, USA	44° 7' 15" N	103° 17' 4" W	6.2km (3.9 miles)
S. Dak Cement Company Gypsum Quarry, Meade County, South Dakota, USA	44° 7' 55" N	103° 17' 19" W	7.4km (4.6 miles)
Brooks Cave, Rapid City, Pennington County, South Dakota, USA	44° 2' 24" N	103° 19' 53" W	9.2km (5.7 miles)
Perli Quarry, Pennington County, South Dakota, USA	43° 59' 56" N	103° 15' 36" W	9.4km (5.8 miles)
Light Aggregates Inc Shale Pit, Pennington County, South Dakota, USA	44° 6' 33" N	103° 7' 3" W	9.6km (6.0 miles)
Dakota Plaster Company Pit (U.S. Gypsum Company Blackhawk Operation), Meade County, South Dakota, USA	44° 9' 2" N	103° 18' 10" W	9.7km (6.0 miles)
Nameless Cave, Rapid City, Pennington County, South Dakota, USA	44° 3' 30" N	103° 20' 56" W	9.7km (6.1 miles)
Wildcat Cave, Rapid City, Pennington County, South Dakota, USA	44° 3' 38" N	103° 21' 26" W	10.3km (6.4 miles)
State Shale Pit, Pennington County, South Dakota, USA	44° 7' 52" N	103° 5' 37" W	12.3km (7.7 miles)
Dakota Lime and Brick Company, Unorganized mining district [5], Pennington County, South Dakota, USA	44° 6' 33" N	103° 23' 55" W	13.8km (8.6 miles)
Green Granite quarry, McGees Station, Pennington County, South Dakota, USA	44° 2' 1" N	103° 23' 44" W	14.2km (8.8 miles)
Sitting Bull Caverns, Rockerville, Pennington County, South Dakota, USA	43° 57' 43" N	103° 18' 19" W	14.4km (9.0 miles)
Rockerville, Pennington County, South Dakota, USA	43° 57' 28" N	103° 21' 30" W	17.0km (10.6 miles)
Black Hills Silica Sand Company Mine (MRDS - 10299000), Pennington County, South Dakota, USA	43° 56' 29" N	103° 20' 52" W	18.1km (11.2 miles)
Stagebarn Caverns, Meade County, South Dakota, USA	44° 11' 52" N	103° 23' 49" W	18.6km (11.6 miles)
Ice Cave, Meade County, South Dakota, USA	44° 11' 21" N	103° 24' 52" W	19.0km (11.8 miles)
Baker Park, Sheridan Lake, Pennington County, South Dakota, USA	43° 58' 26" N	103° 25' 3" W	19.0km (11.8 miles)
Dexter Claim (Ashley & Nyswanger), Pactola Mining District, Pennington County, South Dakota, USA	44° 3' 53" N	103° 28' 14" W	19.2km (12.0 miles)
Copper Glance (Uranium Lode; Poisoned Ox Group), Pactola Mining District, Pennington County, South Dakota, USA	44° 4' 37" N	103° 28' 43" W	19.8km (12.3 miles)

View of the Rpid City mining area, in 1910.

Rapid City, Pennington County, South Dakota, USA

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Rapid City, Pennington County, South Dakota, USA

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Rapid City, Pennington County, South Dakota, USA

View of the Rpid City mining area, in 1910.

Rapid City, Pennington County, South Dakota, USA

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Rapid City, Pennington County, South Dakota, USA

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Rapid City, Pennington County, South Dakota, USA

View of the Rpid City mining area, in 1910.

Rapid City, Pennington County, South Dakota, USA

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Rapid City, Pennington County, South Dakota, USA

Minerals recorded nearby (within 19.8 km)

Rock types recorded nearby (within 19.8 km)

ⓘ Limestone

ⓘ Shale

Regions in mindat.org that contain this locality

Region	Type

North America Plate	Tectonic Plate
Wyoming Domain, North America Plate	Domain
USA	Country
Black Hills, USA	Mountain Range
South Dakota, USA	State
Pennington County, South Dakota, USA	County

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