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Greasy Mine

Past Producer in St. Francois county in Missouri, United States with commodity Iron
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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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Workings at the site
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10010064
MRDS ID D003537
Record type Site
Current site name Greasy Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -90.50705, 37.65978 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

St. Francois(county)

Missouri(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Iron Mountain Lake(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Farmington(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Rolla(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper St. Francis(hydrologic unit)

St. Francis(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Mississippi-St. Francis(hydrologic subregion)

Lower 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 034N 005E 08 Missouri

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION PLOTTED AT CENTER OF SECTION 8

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -90.50705, 37.65978
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Southeast Missouri

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 24.38M

Comments on the workings information

  • VERTICAL SHAFT AND DRIFTS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SNYDER, F.G. 1968 GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS, MIDCONTINENT UNITED STATES 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. 258 - 286

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1979 Sherwood, Liz U.S. Geological Survey

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

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