Williams 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. 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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10010159
MRDS ID D003718
Record type Site
Current site name Williams Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -91.59125, 37.75562 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Dent(county)

Missouri(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Seaton(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 035N 16 N2 Missouri

Comments on the location information

  • MINING WAS DONE ON THE POINT AND WESTERN SLOPE OF A SPUR LEADING OFF FROM THE MAIN RIDGE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Clay, Mud
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Chemical Sediment > Chert

Nearby scientific data

(1) -91.59125, 37.75562

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Depth to bottom 12.19M

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-Operator
    Owner Midland Blast Furnace Co. ( 1912 )

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall depth 12.19M
    Overall length 60M
    Overall width 45.72M

Comments on the workings information

  • SEVERAL SHAFTS OF VARIOUS DEPTHS HAVE BEEN MADE, THE DEEPEST EXTENDING TO A DEPTH OF THIRTY FEET. THE SOUTHERN END OF THE MAIN CUT IS ABOUT THIRTY FT. DEEP WITH A SHAFT 10 FT. DEEP.

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. 233 .

  • Deposit

    NASON, FRANK L., 1892 , A REPORT ON THE IRON ORES OF MISSOURI: MISSOURI GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, 1ST SER., V. 2 , P. 320 , 224 .

  • Production

    NASON, FRANK L., 1892 , MISSOURI GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, 1ST SER., V. 2 , P. 320 .

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1984 Sherwood, Liz U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.