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Lilly Hollow 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 10010949
MRDS ID D005045
Record type Site
Current site name Lilly Hollow Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -91.71875, 37.19146 (WGS84)
Elevation 198
Relative position LOCATED 2 MILES N.E. OF HIRAM

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Texas(county)

Missouri(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Summersville(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 029N 007E 09 SW OF SE Missouri

Comments on the location information

  • SITUATED NEAR THE BROW OF AN EAST SLOPE OF A HIGH CHERT COVERED HILL

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limonite Ore
Chert Gangue
Clay Gangue

Analytical data

Result THE ORE RAN 46.47% IRON, 18.6% SILICA, 0.52% MN, AND 4.0% WATER.

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -91.71875, 37.19146
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form BOULDERS
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 3.66M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1907

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

  • PROD. WAS PRIOR TO 1910. CUMULATIVE PROD. GRADE CONT.: 14.92% SILICA, 0.045% P, 0.42% MN, 5.0% MOISTURE.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall depth 3.66M
    Overall length 30.48M
    Overall width 21.34M

Comments on the workings information

  • DEVELOPMENTS CONSIST OF AN OPEN CUT 100 FT LONG, 60 TO 70 FT WIDE, 12 FT DEEP.

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: A LOGGING SPUR ONCE CONNECTED THE MINE TO THE WILLIAMSVILLE, GREENVILLE AND ST. LOUIS RY, BUT HAS SINCE BEEN REMOVED.

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. 376

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE ORE OCCURS AS LARGE AND SMALL BOULDERS EMBEDDED IN CLAY. IT MAINLY RUNS IN STREAKS AND POCKETS, BUT AT SEVERAL POINTS FORMS AN ALMOST SOILD MASS FROM THE FLOOR OF THE PIT TO THE TOP OF THE FACE. ORE IS POROUS AND SOMEWHAT SANDY AND CHERTY.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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