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Janis 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 10010220
MRDS ID D003795
Record type Site
Current site name Janis Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -90.47232, 37.03868 (WGS84)
Relative position 1 1/2 MILES SOUTHEAST OF THE SAWYER SWITCH

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 01 NW {LOT 5} Missouri

Comments on the location information

  • SITUATED UPON THE CREST OF A HIGH, CHERT COVERED RIDGE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chert Gangue

Analytical data

Result ANALYSES OF THREE SHIPMENTS OF THE BOULDER ORE, MINED DURING 1909 , SHOWED AN AVERAGE OF 54.11 % IRON, 8.74 % SILICA, 0.092 % PHOSPHORUS, 0.12 % MANGANESE AND 3.70 % MOISTURE. A SAMPLE OF THE BOULDER ORE AND OCHER, IN THE LOWER 7 FEET OF THE FACE OF THE LARGER CUT, SHOWED 52.16 % IRON, 11.58 % SILICA, 0.013 % PHOSPHORUS, 0.025 % SULPHUR, 1.502 % ALUMINA, 10.74 % COMBINED WATER, AND 0.647 % MOISTURE.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Clay, Mud
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Chemical Sediment > Chert

Nearby scientific data

(1) -90.47232, 37.03868
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form BOULDERS
    Depth to top 4.88M

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE ORE CONTAINS NO SAND AND IS RELATIVELY FREE FROM CHERT.

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 Wayne Iron And Lumber Co.
    Home office Greenville, Mo.
    First year 1912

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.809HA
    Overall length 60.96M
    Overall width 30.48M

Comments on the workings information

  • THE NORTHERN OPEN CUT IS ABOUT 100 FT. IN DIAMETER AND 16 FT. DEEP. SOUTHERN CUT IS 100 FT LONG, 40 FT WIDE, AND 8 FT DEEP.

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. 357 - 358 .

  • Deposit

    CRANE, G. W., 1912 , THE IRON ORES OF MISSOURI: MISSOURI BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, 2D SER., V. 10 , P. 357 - 358

  • Production

    CRANE, G. W., 1912 , THE IRON ORES OF MISSOURI: MISSOURI BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, 2D SER., V. 10 , P. 357 - 358 .

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit BROWN ORE OUTCROPPED OVER AN AREA OF ABOUT TWO ACRES. ORE CONTAINS NO SAND AND RELATIVELY FREE FROM CHERT.

Reporter information

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

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