Hudgeons Mine

Occurrence in Phelps 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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Land status
  11. Ownership information
  12. Workings at the site
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10010186
MRDS ID D003752
Record type Site
Current site name Hudgeons Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -91.85626, 37.89006 (WGS84)
Relative position 3 1/2 MILES SOUTHEAST OF NEWBURG

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Phelps(county)

Missouri(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Rolla(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Rolla(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Rolla(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Gasconade(hydrologic unit)

Gasconade(hydrologic accounting unit)

Gasconade-Osage(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(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 Phelps

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
5th Principal 037N 008W 31 NW Missouri

Comments on the location information

  • SITUATED ON A POINT AT THE JUNCTION OF LITTLE PINEY RIVER AND TREABLE CREEK; NW1/4 SEC. 31 .

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -91.85626, 37.89006

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Southeast Missouri

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner B. W. Hudgeons ( 1912 )

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall depth 3.66M
    Overall length 19.81M
    Overall width 6.1M

Comments on the workings information

  • THE CUT IS 12 FT. DEEP

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: THE ORE IS SLIGHTLY SILICIOUS. THE PROPERTY HAS NOT BEEN THOROUGHLY PROSPECTED (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. 293

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit APPARENTLY NO SHIPMENTS HAVE BEEN MADE. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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