Little Blue Mine

Little Blue Mine is a quarry in Unorganized Territory of South Lawrence, South Dakota and has an elevation of 5,591 feet. Little Blue Mine is situated nearby to the locality Flatiron, as well as near the village Central City.

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 1½ miles north of Little Blue Mine.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Flatiron and Lead.

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.

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. Central City is situated 3 miles north of Little Blue Mine.

Little Blue Mine

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

44.32498° or 44° 19′ 30″ north

Longitude

-103.76075° or 103° 45′ 39″ west

Elevation

5,591 feet (1,704 metres)

Open location code

85PR86FQ+XM

OpenStreetMap ID

node 368393383

OpenStreetMap feature

landuse=quarry

GeoNames ID

5766565

Wikidata ID

Q49426447

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In Other Languages

“Little Blue Mine” goes by many names.

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

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