Taylor Mine

Past Producer in St. Francois county in Missouri, United States with commodity Lead
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. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10010060
MRDS ID D003533
Record type Site
Current site name Taylor Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -90.52178, 37.85978 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

St. Francois(county)

Missouri(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Flat River(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Farmington(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Rolla(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Big(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 St. Francois

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
5th Principal 036N 005E 06 Missouri

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Pyrite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -90.52178, 37.85978

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Depth to top 48.77M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Faulting, Algal Reef, Disconformities And/Or Pinch Outs

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Flat River Mines, Old Lead Belt, Southeast Missouri

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 68.58M

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFT BEING EXTENDED TO 375 FT ( 1894 )

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WINSLOW, ARTHUR 1894 LEAD AND ZINC DEPOSITS: MISSOURI GEOLOGICAL SURVEY V. 6 AND 7 P. 669

  • Deposit

    SNYDER, FRANK G. AND GERDEMANN, PAUL E. 1968 "GEOLOGY OF THE SOUTHEAST MISSOURI LEAD DISTRICT" IN RIDGE J.D. ED. ORE DEPOSITS OF THE UNITED STATES 1933 - 1967 . (GRATON-SALES VOLUME): NEW YORK, AM. INST. MINING, METALL. PETROLEUM ENGINEERS, V. 1 , P. 326 - 358 .

  • Production

    SNYDER AND GERDEMANN, 1968, P. 328.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1978 Sherwood, Liz U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.