The Mineral Industries Building was occupied in 1962. It is a three-story building of 52,000 square feet.
The Departments of Geology and Geological Engineering, Materials and Metallurgical Engineering, Mining Engineering and Management, Atmospheric Sciences, and the Institute of Atmospheric Sciences are located in this building.
The Office of Research Affairs, Office of Graduate Education, Office of Sponsored Porgrams, Engineering and Mining Experiment Station, and South Dakota Space Grant Consortium are also housed in this building.
The structure provides classroom and laboratory facilities for undergraduate and graduate study in several fields related to materials and earth systems sciences and engineering, the mineral industries and earth systems.
