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Higgins 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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10010219
MRDS ID D003794
Record type Site
Current site name Higgins Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -90.30288, 37.20979 (WGS84)
Relative position LOCATED TWO MILES NORTH OF HIRAM

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Wayne(county)

Missouri(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Lowndes(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Piedmont(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Rolla(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Whitewater(hydrologic unit)

Upper Mississippi-Meramec(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Mississippi-Kaskaskia-Meramec(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Mississippi(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 007E 05 SW OF SE Missouri

Comments on the location information

  • SITUATED AT THE BASE OF THE WEST SLOPE OF A CHERT COVERED HILL

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chert Gangue
Clay Gangue

Analytical data

Result ONE CAR LOAD GAVE THE FOLLOWING ANALYSIS: 51.29 % IRON, 13.05 % SILICA, 0.063 % PHOSPHORUS, 0.10 % MANGANESE, AND 4.00 % WATER.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Clay, Mud

Nearby scientific data

(1) -90.30288, 37.20979
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form BOULDERS
    Depth to top 4.57M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1905
Year of last production 1907

Mining district

District name Southeast Missouri

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner The Wayne Iron And Lumber Co. ( 1912 )

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCED A TOTAL OF ABOUT 50 CAR LOADS OF ORE FROM 1905 TO 1907.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall length 30.48M
    Overall width 24.38M

Comments on the workings information

  • OPEN CUT IS 12 TO 15 FEET DEEP, 100 FT LONG, AND 80 FT WIDE, WITH A PIT 10 FT DEEP IN BOTTOM OF OPEN CUT.

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: CONNECTED WITH THE WILLIAMSVILLE, GREENVILLE AND ST. LOUIS RAILROAD BY MEANS OF A SHORT SPUR ( 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. 356 .

  • Deposit

    CRANE, G. W., 1912 , THE IRON ORES OF MISSOURI: MISSOURI BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, 2D SER., V. 10 , P. 356

  • Production

    CRANE, G. W., 1912 , THE IRON ORES OF MISSOURI: MISSOURI BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, 2D SER., V. 10 , P. 356 .

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 10 FT OF ORE IN BOTTOM OF CUT. ORE IS CHERTY SECONDARY LIMONITE. ORE OCCURS AT INTERVALS FOR 100 YDS TO THE EAST.

Reporter information

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

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