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Mcgary Mine

Past Producer in Crawford 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. Land status
  12. Ownership information
  13. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10010136
MRDS ID D003684
Record type Site
Current site name Mcgary Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -91.39486, 37.81145 (WGS84)
Relative position 2 1/2 MILES EAST OF COOK STATION.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Crawford(county)

Missouri(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cook Station(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Missouri Crawford

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
5th Principal 004W 036N 29 SW OF NW Missouri

Comments on the location information

  • SW/4 NW/4 OF SECTION 29 ; SITUATED ON THE SOUTHEAST SLOPE OF A HIGH HILL CAPPED BY ROUBIDOUX SANDSTONE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Ord
    Rock description Ord
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician

Nearby scientific data

(1) -91.39486, 37.81145
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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

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner E. A. Mcgary

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall depth 3.66M
    Overall length 27.43M
    Overall width 12.19M

Comments on the workings information

  • ONE CUT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CRANE, G. W., 1912 , THE IRON ORES OF MISSOURI: MISSOURI BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, 2D SER., V. 10 , P. 218

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SEVERAL CARLOADS OF ORE ARE REPORTED TO HAVE BEEN SHIPPED. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

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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