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Central Mining Co. Mine

Producer in St. Francois county in Missouri, United States with commodities Lead, Copper, Zinc
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  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. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10010061
MRDS ID D003534
Record type Site
Current site name Central Mining Co. Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -90.51817, 37.83867 (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 07 SE Missouri

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Copper Secondary
Zinc Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
    Rock unit name Bonneterrendstone;Lamotte
    Rock description Bonneterrendstone;Lamotte

Nearby scientific data

(1) -90.51817, 37.83867
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Depth to top 73.15M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Faulting, Algal Reefs, Disconformities And Or Pinch Outs

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant No
Year of first production 1893

Mining district

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

Comments on the production information

  • ITEM 1 AND 17 ARE PRODUCTION FOR JULY THRU NOV. 1893

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Unknown
    Overall depth 115.82M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WINSLOW, ARTHUR 1894 LEAD AND ZINC DEPOSITS: MISSOURI GEOLOGICAL SURVEY V. 6 AND 7 , P. 669 - 670 .

  • 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

    WINSLOW, ARTHUR, 1894 , MISSOURI GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, V. 7 , P. 669 - 670 .

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPTH TO TOP TAKEN FROM UPPER LEVEL. IN THE UPPER LEVEL ( 240 FT ), SOME PYRITE, CHALCOPYRITE AND SPHALERITE WERE FOUND. IN THE LOWER LEVEL ( 370 FT ), VERY LITTLE PYRITE AND NO SPHALERITE WERE SEEN

Reporter information

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

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