Green's Hill 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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10010069
MRDS ID D003544
Record type Site
Current site name Green's Hill Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -91.19485, 37.86923 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Crawford(county)

Missouri(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Davisville(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 036N 002W 06 Missouri

Comments on the location information

  • THE MINES ARE SITUATED ON A HIGH HILL CAPPED BY SANDSTONE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Clay, Mud
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Chemical Sediment > Chert

Nearby scientific data

(1) -91.19485, 37.86923

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1858

Mining district

District name Southeast Missouri

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WINSLOW, A. 1894 LEAD AND ZINC DEPOSITS, 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 THE ORE IS FOUND MOSTLY IN THE CLAY BENEATH THE SANDSTONE AND ABOVE THE LIMESTONE, ALSO IN CREVICES EXTENDING INTO THE LIMESTONE, IT IS GENERALLY ASSOCIATED WITH BROKEN CHERT.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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