Nova Scotia Mine

Past Producer in Dent county in Missouri, United States with commodity Iron
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. 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 10010150
MRDS ID D003705
Record type Site
Current site name Nova Scotia Mine
Alternate or previous names Barksdale Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -91.33569, 37.52868 (WGS84)
Relative position 16 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SALEM

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Dent(county)

Missouri(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Stone Hill(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 Dent

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
5th Principal 004W 033N 26 NE OF SE Missouri

Comments on the location information

  • SITUATED ON THE CREST AND SOUTH SLOPE OF A HILL.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Clay Gangue

Analytical data

Result EARTHY HEMATITE: 63.77 % IRON AND 0.061 % PHOSPHORUS
Result SPECULAR HEMATITE: 67.02 % IRON AND 0.025 % PHOSPHORUS.

Nearby scientific data

(1) -91.33569, 37.52868

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • HR.AGE.MV: CLAY, CHERT

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 Harrison Land And Mining Co.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall depth 24.38M
    Overall length 109.73M
    Overall width 45.72M

Comments on the workings information

  • MINING WAS RESTRICTED TO PITS AND SHAFTS SUNK IN AN AREA 150 FT. BY 360 FT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Analytical Data

    SRC.REF: CRANE, G. W., 1912 , MISSOURI BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, 2D SER., V. 10 , P. 229 .

  • Deposit

    CRANE, G. W., 1912 , THE IRON ORES OF MISSOURI: MISSOURI BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, 2D SER., V. 10 , P. 229 .

  • Deposit

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

  • Production

    NASON, FRANK L., 1892 , MISSOURI GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, 1ST SER., V. 2 , P. 319 .

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit RED AND SPECULAR HEMATITE OCCURRED INTERBEDDED WITH CLAY, AND OCCASIONALLY CHERT, TO A DEPTH OF 80 FT.
Deposit THIS MINE SUPPLIED A PORTION OF THE ORE TREATED AT THE OLD NOVA SCOTIA FURNACE, WHICH WAS LOCATED AT THE BASE OF THE HILL SOUTH OF IT. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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