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Murphy Mine, No.3

Past Producer in Stoddard 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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10010972
MRDS ID D005080
Record type Site
Current site name Murphy Mine, No.3

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -91.90404, 37.00646 (WGS84)
Elevation 104
Relative position LOCATED 1/2 MILE E. OF IDLEWILD, ADJACENT TO THE ST. LOUIS AND SAN FRANCISCO R Y.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Howell(county)

Missouri(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Willow Springs North(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Spring Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Rolla(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Eleven Point(hydrologic unit)

Upper White(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper White(hydrologic subregion)

Arkansas-White-Red(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Missouri Stoddard

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
5th Principal 027N 009E 08 E2 Missouri

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limonite Ore
Goethite Unknown

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -91.90404, 37.00646
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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
Year of first production 1908

Mining district

District name Southeast Missouri District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner W. J. Murphy
    Home office Idgeway, Il.

Comments on the production information

  • IN 1908 FOUR CARS OF ORE WERE SHIPPED

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall depth 1.83M

Comments on the workings information

  • DEVELOPMENTS CONSIST OF TWO OPEN CUTS, ONE IS SITUATED NEAR THE CREST OF A HILL, THE OTHER IS 300 YD. N. OF THE FIRST. THE UPPER CUT IS 30 FT. LONG, 15 FT. WIDE, 6 FT. DEEP. THE LOWER CUT IS 25 FT. WIDE AND 40 FT. LONG.

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: LOCATED ADJACENT TO THE ST. LOUIS AND SAN FRANCISCO RY.

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.338

Reporter information

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

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