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Missouri Lumber and Mining Co., Mine No. 15

Past Producer in Shannon 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. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10010928
MRDS ID D005018
Record type Site
Current site name Missouri Lumber and Mining Co., Mine No. 15

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -90.49761, 37.20313 (WGS84)
Relative position FIVE MILES NW OF ANGELINE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Wayne(county)

Missouri(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Greenville(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Missouri Shannon

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
5th Principal 029N 005W 09 SE OF NW Missouri

Comments on the location information

  • SITUATED ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE CROWN OF THE HILL

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chert Gangue
Clay Gangue

Analytical data

Result AVERAGE ANALYSIS: 47.59% IRON, 16.20% SILICA, 0.116% PHOS., 0.15% MN., AND 4.0% MOISTURE.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Clay, Mud

Nearby scientific data

(1) -90.49761, 37.20313
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form BOULDERS
    Depth to top 1.22M
    Depth to bottom 6.1M

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

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall depth 8.23M
    Overall length 15.24M
    Overall width 12.19M

Comments on the workings information

  • THE DEVELOPMENTS CONSIST OF ONE OPEN CUT AND FIVE TEST PITS THAT VARY FROM 6 TO 27 FEET IN DEPTH. OPEN CUT WAS 50 FT LONG, 40 FT WIDE, AND 8 FT DEEP.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CRANE, G.W., 1912, THE IRON ORES OF MISSOURI: MISSOURI BUR. OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, ZD. SER., V. 10, P. 329

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit TEST PITS SHOW ORE TO DEPTHS RANGING FROM 4 TO 20 FEET. THE ORE IS A HARD, DENSE LIMONITE OF AN UNUSUALLY SILICIOUS VARIETY, SILICA OCCURRING IN THE FORM OF CHERT AND SAND.

Reporter information

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

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