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Foster Mine

Past Producer in Madison 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. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10010172
MRDS ID D003734
Record type Site
Current site name Foster Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -90.27288, 37.54896 (WGS84)
Relative position ONE MILE EAST OF FREDERICKTOWN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Madison(county)

Missouri(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Fredericktown(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Farmington(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Rolla(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper St. Francis(hydrologic unit)

St. Francis(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Mississippi-St. Francis(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Mississippi(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Missouri Madison

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
5th Principal 007E 033N 16 NE OF SE Missouri

Comments on the location information

  • SITUATED ON THE WEST FACE OF A HIGH HILL

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limonite Ore
Chert Gangue
Clay Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Clay, Mud
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Chemical Sediment > Chert
    Rock unit name Bonneterre
    Rock description Bonneterre

Nearby scientific data

(1) -90.27288, 37.54896
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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
Year of first production 1873

Mining district

District name Southeast Missouri

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner North American Lead Co.

Comments on the production information

  • CONSIDERABLE ORE WAS TAKEN FROM THE UPPER CUT.

Comments on the workings information

  • DEVELOPMENTS CONSIST OF THREE LARGE CUTS. UPPER CUT WAS 80 FT. LONG EXTENDING EASTERLY, 250 TO 300 YD. NORTH WAS ANOTHER SMALL CUT, AND WEST OF THAT WAS A THIRD CUT 10 FT. DEEP.

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: ORE WAS UTILIZED AS A FLUX IN THE LEAD FURNACES AT MINE LAMOTTE. IRON MOUNTAIN RAILWAY IS LOCATED ABOUT A HALF MILE MILE FROM THE MINE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CRANE, G. W., 1912 , THE IRON ORES OF MISSOURI: MISSOURI BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, 2ND SER., V. 10 , P. 267 - 268 .

  • Deposit

    NASON, FRANK L., 1892 , A REPORT ON THE IRON ORES OF MISSOURI: MISSOURI GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, 1ST SER., V. 2 , P. 247 .

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE ORE OCCURS AS FRAGMENTS AND BOULDERS EMBEDDED IN RESIDUAL CHERTY CLAY. SOME OF THE ORE IS VERY CHERTY. SOME OF THE ORE IS STALACTITIC.

Reporter information

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

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