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Bingham 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. 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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10010209
MRDS ID D003782
Record type Site
Current site name Bingham Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -90.4915, 37.06424 (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 27 S2 OF SW Missouri

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATED UPON THE NORTH SLOPE OF A HILL IMMEDIATELY NORTH OF THE SAWYER MINE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Analytical data

Result A MINE SAMPLE SHOWED: 59.74 % IRON, 1.45 % SILICA, 0.04 % PHOSPHORUS, AND 3.50 % MOISTURE.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Chemical Sediment > Chert

Nearby scientific data

(1) -90.4915, 37.06424
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form PIPE, BOULDERS
    Depth to bottom 6.1M

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 The Wayne Iron And Lumber Co.

Comments on the production information

  • SEVERAL CAR LOADS OF BROWN ORE WERE SHIPPED DURING 1909 .

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall length 15.24M
    Overall width 9.14M

Comments on the workings information

  • TWO OPEN CUTS, EACH IS 50 FT LONG BY 30 FT WIDE, 20 FT DEEP.

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: MUCH OF THE ORE IS SMALL AND CAN BE RECOVERED ONLY BY WASHING. THE MINE IS CONNECTED BY MEANS OF A SPUR TO THE MAIN LINE OF THE WILLIAMSVILLE, GREENVILLE AND ST. LOUIS RAILROAD ( 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. 348 - 349 .

  • Deposit

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

  • Production

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

Reporter information

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

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