Teepee Canyon Main diggings (Teepee Canyon Agate No. 1 claim; Teepee Canyon Agate No. 2 claim), Teepee Canyon ("Hell's Canyon"), Custer County, South Dakota, USAi
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
43° 43' 50'' North , 103° 53' 35'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
Type:
Köppen climate type:
Nearest Settlements:
Place | Population | Distance |
---|---|---|
Hill View Heights | 170 (2006) | 23.9km |
Custer | 1,952 (2017) | 24.0km |
Pringle | 109 (2017) | 27.6km |
Newcastle | 3,534 (2017) | 28.6km |
Hill City | 995 (2017) | 34.0km |
Mindat Locality ID:
243547
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:243547:6
GUID (UUID V4):
fd89d64f-fecb-4ff6-8d58-38a3f7ffe790
The easternmost developed workings within the famed Teepee Canyon agate locality. The deposit has been mined in the past and has existing workings consisting of a series of connected trenches and bulldozer cuts along the hillside trending from the southwest to the northeast. North of highway 16 in West Teepee Canyon.
Select Mineral List Type
Standard Detailed Gallery Strunz Chemical ElementsDetailed Mineral List:
ⓘ Quartz Formula: SiO2 |
ⓘ Quartz var. Chalcedony Formula: SiO2 |
ⓘ Quartz var. Fairburn Agate Formula: SiO2 |
Gallery:
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides | |||
---|---|---|---|
ⓘ | Quartz var. Chalcedony | 4.DA.05 | SiO2 |
ⓘ | var. Fairburn Agate | 4.DA.05 | SiO2 |
ⓘ | 4.DA.05 | SiO2 |
List of minerals for each chemical element
O | Oxygen | |
---|---|---|
O | ⓘ Quartz var. Chalcedony | SiO2 |
O | ⓘ Quartz var. Fairburn Agate | SiO2 |
O | ⓘ Quartz | SiO2 |
Si | Silicon | |
Si | ⓘ Quartz var. Chalcedony | SiO2 |
Si | ⓘ Quartz var. Fairburn Agate | SiO2 |
Si | ⓘ Quartz | SiO2 |
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Teepee Canyon Main diggings, Teepee Canyon, Custer County, South Dakota, USA