Fredricktown Claim

Producer in Madison county in Missouri, United States with commodities Cobalt, Nickel, Lead, Gold
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Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10009945
MRDS ID D003246
Record type Site
Current site name Fredricktown Claim

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -90.2501, 37.50007 (WGS84)
Elevation 305

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Madison(county)

Missouri(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Fredericktown(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Farmington(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Rolla(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Whitewater(hydrologic unit)

Upper Mississippi-Meramec(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Mississippi-Kaskaskia-Meramec(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Mississippi(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Missouri Madison

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
5th Principal 033N 007E 23,24,25,26 Missouri

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Cobalt Critical Primary
Nickel Critical Primary
Lead Primary
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Anglesite Ore
Bornite Ore
Covellite Ore
Galena Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
    Rock unit name Bonneterre;Lamotte
    Rock description Bonneterre;Lamotte

Nearby scientific data

(1) -90.2501, 37.50007

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Large
Significant No

Mining district

District name John Newcom Area - Southeast Missouri Lead District

Reference information

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1978 Hasler, J. William U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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