Daniel Mine

Occurrence in Wayne county in Missouri, United States with commodity Iron
Sections on this page
  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 10010212
MRDS ID D003786
Record type Site
Current site name Daniel Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -90.67011, 37.15396 (WGS84)
Relative position HALF A MILE EAST OF PIEDMONT

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Wayne(county)

Missouri(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Piedmont(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Piedmont(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Rolla(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Black(hydrologic unit)

Upper White(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper White(hydrologic subregion)

Arkansas-White-Red(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Missouri Wayne

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
5th Principal 029N 003E 25 SE Missouri

Comments on the location information

  • SITUATED ON THE SOUTH SLOPE OF A STEEP HILL

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -90.67011, 37.15396

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form PIPE
    Depth to bottom 6.1M

Comments on the geologic information

  • DOLOMITE IS EXPOSED ON BOTH SIDES OF CUT AT THE SAME ELEVATION AS ORE BODY

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1862

Mining district

District name Southeast Missouri

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Miss Daniel ( 1912 )

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall length 30.48M

Comments on the workings information

  • OPEN CUT HAS A MAXIMUM DEPTH OF 20 FT.

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. 352

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.