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African Mine

Past Producer in Phelps 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 10010178
MRDS ID D003742
Record type Site
Current site name African Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -91.57208, 37.82173 (WGS84)
Relative position ONE MILE SOUTHWEST OF WINKLER.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Phelps(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 Phelps

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
5th Principal 036N 006W 22 SE Missouri

Comments on the location information

  • SITUATED ON THE EAST BANK OF A SMALL STREAM

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Chemical Sediment > Chert
    Rock unit name Roubidoux
    Rock description Roubidoux

Nearby scientific data

(1) -91.57208, 37.82173
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LAYER
    Dip 45 NW
    Thickness 1.22M
    Depth to top 2.74M

Comments on the geologic information

  • SANDSTONE IS EXPOSED ALONG THE STREAM TO THE SOUTHWEST AND DOLOMITE TO THE NORTHEAST. STEEPLY DIPPING LEDGES OF SANDSTONE ON THE WEST BANK OF THE STREAM MAY REPRESENT RIM-ROCK.

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 Operator
    Owner Missouri Iron Co. ( 1888 )
  • Type Owner
    Owner Edward Campbell ( 1912 )

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • THE PROPERTY DESERVES SYSTEMATIC PROSPECTING ( CRANE, G. W., 1912 ).

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall length 18.29M
    Overall width 18.29M

Comments on the workings information

  • PRINCIPAL WORKINGS CONSIST OF A CIRCULAR PIT HAVING A DIAMETER OF 60 FT. AND A DEPTH OF 25 FT AND SEVERAL SHALLOW SHAFTS. THE SHAFTS WERE NOT IN ORE.

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: ORE IS REPORTED TO OCCUR BELOW THE PRINCIPAL WORKINGS AND THE LATERAL EXTENT IS UNKNOWN.

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. 289 .

  • Deposit

    NASON, FRANK L., 1892 , A REPORT ON THE IRON ORES OF MISSOURI: MISSOURI GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, 1ST SER., V. 2 , P. 321 , 226 .

  • Production

    NASON, FRANK L., 1892 , MISSOURI GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, 1ST SER., V. 2 , P. 321 .

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MOSTLY SOFT, RED ORE WITH SOME SPECULAR ORE MASSES, SHARP CONTACT WITH OVERBURDEN OF NINE FT. OF CHERTY CLAYS AND SOIL. SANDSTONE AND CHERT OCCURS IN DIFFERENT PARTS IN THE WALLS OF THE PIT.

Reporter information

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

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