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Stimson Mine

Past Producer in Phelps county in Missouri, United States with commodities Iron, Copper
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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 10010198
MRDS ID D003769
Record type Site
Current site name Stimson Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -91.57403, 37.84784 (WGS84)
Relative position TWO MILES NORTHWEST 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 10 SW Missouri

Comments on the location information

  • SITUATED NEAR THE HEAD OF A RAVINE TRIBUTARY TO NORMAN HOLLOW.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Copper Ore
Limonite Ore
Clay Gangue

Analytical data

Result ANALYSIS OF THE SOFT RED HEMATITE: 54.90 % IRON AND 0.017 % PHOSPHORUS

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Clay, Mud
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Chemical Sediment > Chert

Nearby scientific data

(1) -91.57403, 37.84784
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Depth to top 0M

Comments on the geologic information

  • STEEPLY DIPPING DOLOMITE FORMS THE WALLS OF THE PIT.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of last production 1880

Mining district

District name Southeast Missouri

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner R. S. Shoemate ( 1912 )

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall depth 28.35M
    Overall length 76.2M
    Overall width 45.72M

Comments on the workings information

  • DEPTH OF MAIN PIT IS 20 FT DEEP, 250 FT LONG, AND 150 FT WIDE. TWO SHAFTS ON SOUTH SIDE OF PIT ARE CONNECTED BY A DRIFT AT A DEPTH OF 50 FT. SHAFT NEAR THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF THE PIT IS 93 FT DEEP. A 40-FT LONG CUT IS 100 YD NORTH OF THE PIT.

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: FROM THE REPORTED OCCURRENCE OF ORE IN THE SHAFTS AND CONNECTING DRIFT, THERE IS APPARENTLY A LARGE PROPORTION OF THE ORE BODY THAT HAS NOT BEEN MINED (CRANE, G.W., 1912).

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Analytical Data

    SRC.REF: CRANE, G. W., 1912 , THE IRON ORES OF MISSOURI: MISSOURI BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, 2D SER., V. 10 , P. 297 .

  • Deposit

    CRANE, G. W., 1912 , THE IRON ORES OF MISSOURI: MISSOURI BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, 2D SER., V. 10 , P. 297 .

  • Deposit

    NASON, FRANK L., 1892 , A REPORT ON THE IRON ORES OF MISSOURI: MISSOURI GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, 1ST SER., V. 2 , P. 321 , 229 .

  • Production

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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ORE CONTAINS THIN SEAMS OF COPPER CARBONATE. SMALL CUT NORTH OF MAIN PIT CONTAINED CHERT FRAGMENTS CEMENTED WITH SPECULAR ORE AND LIMONITE.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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