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Childress 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. Materials information
  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. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10010210
MRDS ID D003783
Record type Site
Current site name Childress Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -90.48093, 37.01229 (WGS84)
Relative position TWO MILES NORTHWEST OF TASKEE

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 027N 005E 11 NE OF NE Missouri

Comments on the location information

  • SITUATED ON THE SOUTH SLOPE OF A HIGH, CHERT COVERED HILL, HALF A MILE NORTH OF OTTER CREEK

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limonite Ore
Chert Gangue
Clay Gangue

Nearby scientific data

(1) -90.48093, 37.01229
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form PIPE, BRECCIA

Comments on the geologic information

  • ORE IS OF PIPE VARIETY

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1908

Mining district

District name Southeast Missouri

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Bowman, Fayne And Co. ( 1912 )

Comments on the production information

  • ABOUT TEN CAR LOADS ARE REPORTED TO HAVE BEEN MINED AND SHIPPED. ORE PRODUCED IN 1908 RAN 54% FE.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall length 13.72M
    Overall width 7.62M

Comments on the workings information

  • OPEN CUT IS 12 FT. DEEP, 45 FT. LONG, AND 25 FT. WIDE. 300 YDS TO THE NORTH OF THIS CUT IS A 12 FT PIT AND ANOTHER SHALLOW PIT 100 YDS TO THE SOUTHEAST OF IT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CRANE, G. W., 1912 , THE IRON ORES OF MISSOURI: MISSOURI BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, 2D SER., V. 10 , P. 351

  • Production

    CRANE, G. W., 1912 , THE IRON ORES OF MISSOURI: MISSOURI BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, 2D SER., V. 10 , P. 351 .

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MAIN PIT CONTAINS 50% TO 70% ORE-BEARING DIRT

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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