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Kerr Mine

Past Producer in Dent 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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  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 10010144
MRDS ID D003696
Record type Site
Current site name Kerr Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -91.60847, 37.59284 (WGS84)
Relative position 5 1/2 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SALEM

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Dent(county)

Missouri(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Darien(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 Dent

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
5th Principal 006W 033N 04 W2 OF NW Missouri

Comments on the location information

  • SITUATED ON THE NORTH SLOPE OF A HILL

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -91.60847, 37.59284
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form BOULDERS

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 Mrs. A. P. Kerr ( 1912 )

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall depth 5.49M
    Overall length 16.76M
    Overall width 12.8M

Comments on the workings information

  • PIT

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: THE DEPTH AND LATERAL EXTENT OF THE ORE BODY HAS NOT BEEN DETERMINED AND THE PROPERTY DESERVES SYSTEMATIC PROSPECTING (CRANE, G.W., 1912).

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. 228 .

  • Deposit

    NASON, FRANK L., 1892 , A REPORT ON THE IRON ORES OF MISSOURI: MISSOURI GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, 1ST SER., V. 2 , P. 319 .

  • Production

    ITEM 8: CRANE, G. W., 1912 , MISSOURI BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, 2D SER., V. 10 , P. 228 . ITEM 9 : NASON, FRANK L., 1892 , MISSOURI GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, 1ST SER., V. 2 , P. 319 .

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THERE IS NO RIM-ROCK, RESIDUAL BOULDERS OF SPECULAR ORE ARE SCATTERED FOR SOME DISTANCE DOWN THE SLOPE BELOW THE PIT. ; 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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