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Winkler 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. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  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 10010202
MRDS ID D003774
Record type Site
Current site name Winkler Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -91.55514, 37.83562 (WGS84)
Relative position LOCATED AT WINKLER P. O.

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 14 S2 Missouri

Comments on the location information

  • SITUATED ON THE EASTERN EDGE OF THE PLATEAU BETWEEN WEST BENTON CREEK AND NORMAN HOLLOW, AND SPREADS OVER THREE FLAT HILLS, LYING IN A NORTH-SOUTH LINE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limonite Ore
Clay Gangue

Analytical data

Result ANALYSIS OF SHIPMENTS RAN 54.01 % IRON, 12.32 % SILICA, 0.079 % PHOSPHORUS, 0.12 % MANGANESE AND 5.00 % MOISTURE

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) Gasconade Dolomite
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • CHERTY DOLOMITE WAS ENCOUNTERED IN A SHAFT 70 FT DEEP LOCATED 175 YD NORTH OF THE MAIN PIT. THERE IS NO RIM-ROCK TO DETERMINE THE EXTENT OF THE SINK STRUCTURE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1892

Mining district

District name Southeast Missouri

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Winkler, T. L.
    First year 1912

Comments on the production information

  • MINE HAS BEEN WORKED INTERMITTENTLY FROM THE 1890'S TO 1910 PRODUCING SEVERAL THOUSAND TONS OF ORE (CRANE, 1912, P. 299)

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • THERE IS NO RIM-ROCK TO AID IN DETERMINING THE EXTENT OF THE SINK STRUCTURE AND THE PROPERTY DESERVES SYSTEMATIC PROSPECTING (CRANE, G. W., 1912).

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall depth 25.91M
    Overall length 73.15M
    Overall width 44.2M

Comments on the workings information

  • THE MAIN WORKINGS HAVE BEEN WORKED TO A DEPTH OF 60 FT, 165 FT LONG, AND 145 FT WIDE. A SHAFT 75 FT SOUTHEAST OF THE PIT WAS 85 FT DEEP AND THE WORKINGS EXTENDED NORTHWARD TO A POINT BENEATH THE PIT. NORTH OF THE MAIN PIT WAS A PIT 125 FT IN DIAMETER AND A SHAFT 75 FT DEEP. A SMALL DRIFT OCCURS 110 FT SOUTH OF THE MAIN PIT.

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: ORE IS KNOWN TO EXTEND TO THE EAST AND SOUTHEAST OF THE MAIN PIT. PROPERTY DESERVES SYSTEMATIC PROSPECTING.

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. 298 - 299

  • Deposit

    CRANE, G. W., 1912 , THE IRON ORES OF MISSOURI: MISSOURI BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, 2D SER., V. 10 , P. 298 - 299 .

  • 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 FOUR FEET OF BROWN AND RED ORE IN A SMALL DRIFT DIPS STEEPLY TO THE NORTHEAST.

Reporter information

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

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