Stanford Mine

Past Producer in Crawford 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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10010068
MRDS ID D003543
Record type Site
Current site name Stanford Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -91.16846, 37.93867 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Crawford(county)

Missouri(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Huzzah(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Rolla(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Rolla(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Meramec(hydrologic unit)

Upper Mississippi-Meramec(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Mississippi-Kaskaskia-Meramec(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Mississippi(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Mark Twain National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Missouri Crawford

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
5th Principal 037N 002W 08 Missouri

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION PLOTTED AT CENTER OF SECTION 8

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Clay, Mud

Nearby scientific data

(1) -91.16846, 37.93867

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

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WINSLOW, A. 1894 , LEAD AND ZINC DEPOSITS OF MISSOURI, MO. GEOL. SURV. V. 7 , P. 685

  • Production

    WINSLOW, ARTHUR, 1894 , MO. GEOL. SURV., V. 7 , P. 685

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit GALENA WAS MINED IN LARGE MASSES, LYING LOOSE IN THE CLAY

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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