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Mine Lamotte Bank No. 2

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. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10010175
MRDS ID D003738
Record type Site
Current site name Mine Lamotte Bank No. 2

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -90.23788, 37.50118 (WGS84)
Relative position THREE MILES WEST OF CORNWALL

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Madison(county)

Missouri(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Higdon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Farmington(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Rolla(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Whitewater(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 Madison

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
5th Principal 007E 033N 35 SW OF SE Missouri

Comments on the location information

  • SITUATED ON THE NORTH BANK OF A RAVINE; SW1/4SE1/4 SEC. 35 .

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Clay Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    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) -90.23788, 37.50118
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form BOULDERS
    Depth to bottom 3.05M

Comments on the geologic information

  • BONNETERRE LIMESTONE WAS ENCOUNTERED IN DEPTH.

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 Mine Lamotte Lead Co.
    First year 1912

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall depth 3.05M
    Overall length 30.48M
    Overall width 30.48M

Comments on the workings information

  • MINING HAS BEEN CARRIED ON BY MEANS OF A PIT ABOUT 100 FT IN DIAMETER AND 10 FT. DEEP.

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: PROPERTY APPEARS TO BE WORKED OUT. (CRANE, G.W., 1912)

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. 268

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit NO WORK HAS BEEN DONE HERE SINCE THE EARLY 1870'S. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Deposit THE ORE OCCURS AS BOULDERS AND SMALL FRAGMENTS EMBEDDED IN A CHERTY, RESIDUAL CLAY.

Reporter information

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

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