Durango Mine

Durango Mine is a quarry in City of Lead, Lawrence, South Dakota and has an elevation of 5,535 feet. Durango Mine is situated nearby to the village Central City, as well as near the locality Flatiron.

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

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Sanford Underground Research Facility.

Sanford Underground Research Facility

Photo: Sanford Lab, CC BY-SA 4.0.

The Sanford Underground Research Facility, or Sanford Lab, is an underground laboratory in Lead, South Dakota. The deepest underground laboratory in the United States, it houses multiple experiments in areas such as dark matter and neutrino physics research, biology, geology and engineering. Sanford Underground Research Facility is situated 1¼ miles southeast of Durango Mine.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Lead and Central City.

Lead

Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.

Lead is a city in Lawrence County, South Dakota, United States. The population was 2,982 at the 2020 census. Lead is located in western South Dakota, in the Black Hills near the Wyoming state line.

Central City

Village

Central City is a city in Lawrence County, South Dakota, United States. The population was 93 at the 2020 census.

Flatiron

Locality

Flatiron, formerly known as Yellow Creek or Flat Iron City, is a ghost town in Lawrence County, South Dakota, United States. It was known for its highly successful gold mining. Flatiron is situated 2 miles south of Durango Mine.

Durango Mine

Categories: mine and industry
Location: City of Lead, Lawrence, South Dakota, Great Plains, United States, North America
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Latitude

44.3561° or 44° 21′ 22″ north

Longitude

-103.77325° or 103° 46′ 24″ west

Elevation

5,535 feet (1,687 metres)

Open location code

85PR964G+CM

OpenStreetMap ID

node 368393390

OpenStreetMap feature

landuse=quarry

GeoNames ID

5764320

Wikidata ID

Q49409143

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In Other Languages

“Durango Mine” goes by many names.

Cebuano: “Durango Mine (minahan sa Estados Unidos, South Dakota)”
Cebuano: “Durango Mine”

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