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Alley Mine

Past Producer in Wayne 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. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10010207
MRDS ID D003779
Record type Site
Current site name Alley Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -90.46593, 37.07979 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Wayne(county)

Missouri(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Greenville SW(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Piedmont(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 Wayne

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
5th Principal 028N 005E 23 E2 OF SE Missouri

Comments on the location information

  • SITUATED NEAR THE CREST OF THE WEST SLOPE OF A HILL WHICH RISES FULLY 150 FT. ABOVE THE VALLEY

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Analytical data

Result ANALYSIS OF ONE SHIPMENT SHOWED: 55.40 % IRON, 6.90 % SILICA, 0.070 % PHOSPHORUS, 0.11 % MANGANESE AND 5.00 % MOISTURE.

Nearby scientific data

(1) -90.46593, 37.07979
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form PIPE AND BOULDER
    Depth to bottom 4.57M

Comments on the geologic information

  • ORE CONSISTS OF TYPICAL SECONDARY PIPE AND BOULDER LIMONITE

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 Owner
    Owner P. B. Alley ( 1912 )

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall length 12.19M
    Overall width 12.19M

Comments on the workings information

  • DEVELOPMENTS CONSIST OF TWO CUTS 30 TO 40 FT. IN DIAMETER AND 15 FT. DEEP.

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: ABOUT HALF A MILE SOUTH OF THE WILLIAMSVILLE, GREENVILLE AND ST. LOUIS RAILROAD ( 1912 ). A CONSIDERABLE PROPORTION OF THE ORE IS SMALL AND CAN BE RECOVERED ONLY BY WASHING.

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. 347

  • Deposit

    CRANE, G. W., 1912 , THE IRON ORES OF MISSOURI: MISSOURI BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, 2D SER., V. 10 , P. 347

Reporter information

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

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