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Shut-In Mine

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10010176
MRDS ID D003739
Record type Site
Current site name Shut-In Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -90.58261, 37.58784 (WGS84)
Relative position TWO MILES EAST OF ARCADIA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Iron(county)

Missouri(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Lake Killarney(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)

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 Iron

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
5th Principal 004E 033N 02 N2 Missouri

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -90.58261, 37.58784
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike NORTH-SOUTH
    Dip VERTICAL
    Thickness 0.3M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1816

Mining district

District name Southeast Missouri

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Puxico Iron Co. ( 1912 )
  • Type Owner
    Owner Big Muddy Coal And Iron Co.
    First year 1912

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: A FURNACE WAS ERECTED IN 1815-1816 AND THE ORE WAS REPORTED TO BE OF EXCELLENT QUALITY.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WINSLOW, A., HAWORTH, E., AND NASON, F., 1894 , A REPORT ON THE IRON MOUNTAIN SHEET INCLUDING PORTIONS OF IRON, ST. FRANCOIS AND MADISON COUNTIES: MISSOURI GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, 1ST SER., V. 9 , SHEET REPORT NO. 3 , P. 54 .

  • Deposit

    CRANE, G. W., 1912 , THE IRON ORES OF MISSOURI: MISSOURI BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, 2ND SER. V. 10 , P. 263 .

  • Deposit

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

  • Production

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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ORE WAS MINED FROM NARROW VEINS
Deposit THIS DEPOSIT WAS ONE OF THE FIRST TO BE WORKED IN MISSOURI. A FURNACE WAS ERECTED AT THIS PLACE IN 1815 - 16 , AT WHICH TIME SOME ORE WAS MINED. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

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

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