Otlershagen Prospect Mine

Otlershagen Prospect Mine is a quarry in Unorganized Territory of Mount Rushmore, Pennington, South Dakota and has an elevation of 4,219 feet. Otlershagen Prospect Mine is situated nearby to the locality Bismuth, as well as near Etta.

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

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Rushmore Cave.

Rushmore Cave

Cave

Photo: Joe Chill 2, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Rushmore Cave is the closest show cave to Mount Rushmore National Memorial in the United States. It contains a wide variety of natural formations. It is the ninth longest cave in South Dakota. Rushmore Cave is situated 2½ miles east of Otlershagen Prospect Mine.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Bismuth and Etta.

Bismuth

Locality

Bismuth is a ghost town in the Black Hills of Custer County, South Dakota, United States. Bismuth is situated 2 miles southwest of Otlershagen Prospect Mine.

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 west of Otlershagen Prospect Mine.

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.

Otlershagen Prospect 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

43.87166° or 43° 52′ 18″ north

Longitude

-103.37908° or 103° 22′ 45″ west

Elevation

4,219 feet (1,286 metres)

Open location code

85MRVJCC+M9

OpenStreetMap ID

node 368393691

OpenStreetMap feature

landuse=quarry

GeoNames ID

5767718

Wikidata ID

Q49438712

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Cebuano: “Otlershagen Prospect Mine”

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