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Sutton 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. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10010232
MRDS ID D003811
Record type Site
Current site name Sutton Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -90.4676, 37.08701 (WGS84)
Relative position LOCATED ONE MILE SOUTHWEST OF OLD 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 23 NE Missouri

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chert Gangue

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -90.4676, 37.08701
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form PIPE AND BOULDERS

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE ORE IS BOTH PIPE AND BOULDER VARIETY.

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 Marcus Sutton ( 1912 )

Comments on the production information

  • NOT MORE THAN 15 TONS WERE OBTAINED FROM THE OPENING ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE VALLEY. THE LOWER CUT ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE VALLEY PRODUCED ABOUT ONE CAR LOAD OF ORE.

Comments on the workings information

  • 3 OPENINGS, ONE WAS A 40 FT CUT, THE OTHERS WERE LARGER.

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: THIS MINE IS HALF A MILE NORTH OF THE WILLIAMSVILLE, GREENVILLE AND ST. LOUIS RAILROAD ( 1912 ).

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. 368

  • Production

    CRANE, G. W., 1912 , THE IRON ORES OF MISSOURI: MISSOURI BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, 2D SER., V. 10 , P. 368 .

Reporter information

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

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