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Mine Lamotte Bank No. 1

Past Producer in St. Francois 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. Geologic structures
  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 10010920
MRDS ID D005007
Record type Site
Current site name Mine Lamotte Bank No. 1

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -91.15263, 37.77062 (WGS84)
Relative position ONE MILE NORTH OF MINE LAMOTTE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Crawford(county)

Missouri(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Davisville(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Rolla(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Rolla(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Meramec(hydrologic unit)

Upper Mississippi-Meramec(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Mississippi-Kaskaskia-Meramec(hydrologic subregion)

Upper 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 St. Francois

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
5th Principal 034N 007E 17 Missouri

Comments on the location information

  • SITUATED IN AN OPEN FIELD ON THE CREST OF A LOW HILL; DEPOSIT TAKEN TO BE AT THE CENTER OF SECTION 17.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Clay, Mud
    Rock unit name Potosi
    Rock description Potosi

Nearby scientific data

(1) -91.15263, 37.77062
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description A Fault Brings Lamotte Sandstone To The Surface On The South.

Ore body information

  • General form BOULDERS

Comments on the geologic information

  • DEPOSIT IS LOCATED NEAR, IF NOT ON, A FAULT WHICH BRINGS THE LAMOTTE SANDSTONE TO THE SURFACE ON THE SOUTH.

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 District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Mine Lamotte
    Home office Lead Co.
    First year 1912

Comments on the production information

  • ABOUT 500 TONS OF ORE WAS PRODUCED DURING THE EARLY 1870'S AND WAS USED FOR FLUXING PURPOSES.

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF A NUMBER OF IRREGULAR PITS SCATTERED OVER AN AREA OF SEVERAL ACRES.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CRANE, G.W., 1912, THE IRON ORES OF MISSOURI: MISSOURI BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, ZD SER., V. 10, P. 322-

  • Deposit

    EARLY 1870'S, MINE LAMOTTE CO. DEVELOPED AND PRODUCED ORE FOR FLUXING PURPOSES

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1980 Kent, Gordon U.S. Geological Survey

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