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Wooden Shoe 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. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10010931
MRDS ID D005022
Record type Site
Current site name Wooden Shoe Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -91.49847, 37.04924 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Shannon(county)

Missouri(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bartlett(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Spring Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Rolla(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Current(hydrologic unit)

Upper White(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper White(hydrologic subregion)

Arkansas-White-Red(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Missouri Wayne

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
5th Principal 028N 005E 33 E2 OF SE Missouri

Comments on the location information

  • SITUATED NEAR THE CREST OF THE S. SLOPE OF A HIGH HILL

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limonite Ore
Chert Gangue

Analytical data

Result ANALYSIS SHOWS 46.20% IRON, 16.30% SILICA, 0.09% PHOS., 1.20% MN., AND 5.0% MOISTURE FOR 10 TONS OF ORE.

Host and associated rocks

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

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form BOULDERS
    Depth to top 0M

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 Wayne Iron And Lumber Co.
    Home office Greenville, Mo.

Comments on the production information

  • CUMULATIVE PRODUCTION GRADE CONT.: 16.30% SILICA, 0.09% P, 1.20% MN, 5.0% MOISTURE

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall depth 1.83M
    Overall length 6.1M
    Overall width 4.57M

Comments on the workings information

  • DEVELOPMENTS CONSIST OF A MAIN OPEN CUT 20 FT LONG, 15 FT WIDE, AND 6 FT DEEP, AND A PIT 200 YARDS N. OF THE MAIN CUT AND TWO SHALLOW PITS ON THE WEST FACE OF THE HILL.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CRANE, G.W., 1912 THE IRON ORES OF MISSOURI, MISSOURI BUR. OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, 2D SER., V. 10, P. 387

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE ORE OCCURS AS LARGE AND SMALL BOULDERS OF POROUS, SILICIOUS, PRIMARY LIMONITE EMBEDDED IN CHERTY CLAY.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1980 Schneider, Norma J U.S. Geological Survey

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