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Stephens - Woodside 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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10010157
MRDS ID D003715
Record type Site
Current site name Stephens - Woodside Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -91.49403, 37.58617 (WGS84)
Relative position MINE IS 5 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

Doss(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 005W 033N 04 W2 Missouri

Comments on the location information

  • CENTER OF WEST HALF OF SECTION 4; SITUATED ON THE NORTH FACE OF A GENTLE SLOPE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Analytical data

Result SHIPMENTS OF EARTHY AND SPECULAR HEMATITES SHOW: 58.40 % IRON, 7.43 % SILICA, 0.112 % PHOSPHORUS

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -91.49403, 37.58617
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Thickness 6.1M
    Depth to top 1.22M
    Depth to bottom 18.9M

Comments on the geologic information

  • ORE IS UNDERLAIN BY SANDSTONE DIPPING 20 DEGREES NORTH. THERE IS NO APPARENT RIM-ROCK PRESENT.

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 Mr. Stephens ( 1912 )

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall depth 18.9M
    Overall length 64.01M
    Overall width 15.24M

Comments on the workings information

  • MAIN PIT IS 4 TO 12 FT. DEEP, 210 FT. LONG AND 50 FT. WIDE. A SHAFT IN THE EAST PART OF THE PIT WAS 16 FT. DEEP. ANOTHER SHAFT, 40 FT. NORTH OF THE EAST END OF THE PIT WAS 62 FT. DEEP. A SHALLOW SHAFT WAS 60 FT. SOUTH OF THE PIT. 225 FT. SOUTH OF MAIN PIT WERE A CUT AND PIT, 60 FT. IN DIAMETER AND 8 FT. DEEP.

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: THIN SEAM IN THE WEST END OF MAIN PIT WAS TOO THIN TO BE OF COMMERCIAL IMPORTANCE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Analytical Data

    SRC.REF: CRANE, G. W., 1912 , MISSOURI BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, 2D SER., V. 10 , P. 232 .

  • Deposit

    CRANE, G. W., 1912 , THE IRON ORES OF MISSOURI: MISSOURI BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, 2D SER., V. 10 , P. 232

  • Production

    CRANE, G. W., 1912 , MISSOURI BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, 2D SER., V. 10, P. 232 .

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit IN THE MAIN PIT, A THIN SEAM OF ORE EXTENDED EASTWORD TO WITHIN 50 FT. OF THE EAT END OF PIT WHERE IT MERGED INTO A BODY 50 FT. IN DIAMETER AND AT LEAST 16 FT. THICK. LOW GRADE SILICEOUS ORE OCCURS IN A CUT AND A PIT SOUTH OF THE MAIN PIT.

Reporter information

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

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