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O'Keefe Mine No. 3

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. 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 10010226
MRDS ID D003804
Record type Site
Current site name O'Keefe Mine No. 3

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -90.58039, 37.01229 (WGS84)
Relative position TWO MILES EAST OF GRANITE BEND

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Wayne(county)

Missouri(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Piedmont SE(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)

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 004E 12 NW OF NW Missouri

Comments on the location information

  • SITUATED LOW ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF AN EAST PITCHING RAVINE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Chemical Sediment > Chert
    Rock unit name Roubidoux
    Rock description Roubidoux
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician

Nearby scientific data

(1) Gasconade Dolomite
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form BOULDERS

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 P. O'Keefe ( 1912 )

Comments on the production information

  • FIVE CARS OF ORE HAVE BEEN SHIPPED. ORE PRODUCED IN 1910 RAN 53.75% FE, 9.72% SILICA, 0.067% PHOSPHORUS, 0.14% MN, AND 3.00% MOISTURE.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall length 12.19M
    Overall width 9.14M

Comments on the workings information

  • OPENING IS 10 FT. DEEP, 40 FT LONG, AND 30 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. 363 - 364

  • Production

    CRANE, G. W., 1912 , THE IRON ORES OF MISSOURI: MISSOURI BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, 2D SER., V. 10 , P. 363 - 364 .

Reporter information

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

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