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Forbes 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. Workings at the site
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10010215
MRDS ID D003789
Record type Site
Current site name Forbes Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -90.47343, 37.00951 (WGS84)
Relative position 1 3/4 MILES NORTH OF TASKEE AND HALF A MILE NORTH OF OTTER CREEK

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 12 SE OF NW Missouri

Comments on the location information

  • SITUATED NEAR THE BASE OF THE NORTH SLOPE OF A HIGH, CHERT COVERED HILL

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -90.47343, 37.00951
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form PIPE

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

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • THE MINE IS NOW VIRTUALLY IN A WORKED OUT CONDITION ( 1912 ).

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall length 9.14M
    Overall width 2.44M

Comments on the workings information

  • OPEN CUT IS FROM 5 TO 20 FT. DEEP, 30 FT LONG, 4 TO 8 FT. WIDE

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. 354

  • Production

    CRANE, G. W., 1912 , THE IRON ORES OF MISSOURI: MISSOURI BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, 2D SER., V. 10 , P. 354 .

Reporter information

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

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