Big Shot Mine

Big Shot Mine is a quarry in Unorganized Territory of Mount Rushmore, Pennington, South Dakota and has an elevation of 5,082 feet. Big Shot Mine is situated nearby to Mount Rushmore, as well as near the locality Etta.

Type: Quarry
Description: mine in Pennington County, South Dakota, United States of America
Address: SD

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Mount Rushmore.

Mount Rushmore

Photo: ArthurTilton, CC BY-SA 3.0.

The Mount Rushmore National Memorial is a national memorial featuring a colossal sculpture carved into the granite face of Mount Rushmore in the Black Hills, about 2 mi southwest of Keystone, South Dakota, United States.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Mount Rushmore National Memorial and Keystone.

Mount Rushmore National Memorial

Photo: ArthurTilton, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Mount Rushmore National Memorial is a United States national memorial in the Black Hills of west South Dakota. This national icon features the monumental faces of four former Presidents – George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Teddy Roosevelt, and Abraham Lincoln – blasted and carved from the white rock of a mountain.

Keystone

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY 2.0.

Keystone is a tiny town in the Black Hills of South Dakota, at the entrance to the popular Mount Rushmore National Memorial. It offers a full range of accommodations, but at the price of a "tourist trap" veneer.

Etta

Locality

Etta, also known as Etta Camp and Etta Mine, is a ghost town in Pennington County, South Dakota, United States. It was a successful mining town, known for its discovery of the largest spodumene crystal ever found. Etta is situated 2 miles southeast of Big Shot Mine.

Big Shot Mine

Categories: mine and industry
Location: Unorganized Territory of Mount Rushmore, Pennington, South Dakota, Great Plains, United States, North America
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Latitude

43.89388° or 43° 53′ 38″ north

Longitude

-103.45352° or 103° 27′ 13″ west

Elevation

5,082 feet (1,549 metres)

Open location code

85MRVGVW+HH

OpenStreetMap ID

node 368393717

OpenStreetMap feature

landuse=quarry

GeoNames ID

5762815

Wikidata ID

Q49399853

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In Other Languages

“Big Shot Mine” goes by many names.

Cebuano: “Big Shot Mine”

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