Parole Mine

Past Producer in Washington county in Missouri, United States with commodities Lead, Barium-Barite
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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Ownership information
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10010072
MRDS ID D003548
Record type Site
Current site name Parole Mine
Alternate or previous names Jumbo Shaft

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -90.96679, 37.86478 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Washington(county)

Missouri(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Palmer(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Farmington(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 Washington

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
5th Principal 036N 001E 06 SE Missouri

Comments on the location information

  • THE SHAFTS ARE LOCATED ON THE HILL-TOPS, ABOUT 200 FT ABOVE THE ADJACENT VALLEY, AND 300 FT ABOVE PALMER POST OFFICE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Barium-Barite Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Anglesite Ore
Barite Ore
Galena Ore
Limonite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite

Nearby scientific data

(1) Eminence Dolomite, Potosi Dolomite

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 1.83M

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE BARITE IS SEEN TO BE DEPOSITED AFTER THE GALENA CRYSTALS WERE FORMED

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Significant No
Discovery year 1814

Mining district

District name Palmer Mines, Southeast Missouri

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Palmer Lead Co. ( 1894 )

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Unknown
    Overall depth 44.2M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WINSLOW, A 1894 LEAD AND ZINC DEPOSITS OF MISSOURI, MO. GEOL. SURV. V 7 P. 682

  • Production

    USBM PROD. TABS, 1976

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.