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Sawyer 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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10010230
MRDS ID D003808
Record type Site
Current site name Sawyer Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -90.49205, 37.05951 (WGS84)
Relative position 3 1/2 MILES SOUTHWEST OF GREENVILLE

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 028N 005E 34 N2 OF NW Missouri

Comments on the location information

  • SITUATED ON THE NORTH SLOPE OF A CHERT COVERED HILL

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chert Gangue
Clay Gangue

Analytical data

Result THE WASH ORE AVERAGED 50.31 % IRON, 13.37 % SILICA, 0.069 % PHOSPHORUS, 0.38 % MANGANESE AND 0.50 % ALUMINA. THE BOULDER ORE AVERAGED 57.26 % IRON, 2.87 % SILICA, 0.064 % PHOSPHORUS, 0.32 % MANGANESE AND 0.55 % ALUMINA.

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -90.49205, 37.05951
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form BOULDERS AND PIPE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

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

  • THE MINE HAS PRODUCED BETWEEN TEN AND FIFTEEN THOUSAND TONS OF ORE.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall depth 15.24M
    Overall length 91.44M
    Overall width 30.48M

Comments on the workings information

  • THE CUT IS 50 FT. DEEP

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: IT IS CONNECTED BY A SPUR TO THE MAIN LINE OF THE WILLIAMSVILLE, GREENVILLE AND ST. LOUIS RAILROAD ( 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. 365 - 366 .

  • Deposit

    CRANE, G. W., 1912 , THE IRON ORES OF MISSOURI: MISSOURI BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, 2D SER., V. 10 , P. 365 - 366

  • Production

    CRANE, G. W., 1912 , THE IRON ORES OF MISSOURI: MISSOURI BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, 2D SER., V. 10 , P. 365 - 366 .

Reporter information

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

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