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Higdon

Occurrence in Perry county in Missouri, United States with commodity Lead
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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. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Ownership information
  12. Workings at the site
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10072185
MRDS ID W016749
Record type Site
Current site name Higdon

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -90.1751, 37.59174 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Madison(county)

Missouri(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Higdon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Farmington(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Rolla(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Whitewater(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 Perry

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
5th Principal 33N 8E 3 Missouri

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
    Rock unit name Bonneterre
    Rock description Bonneterre
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -90.1751, 37.59174
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Depth to top 457.2M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Bunker Hill And National Lead Companies

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 457.2M

Comments on the workings information

  • TWO 1500-FT SHAFTS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KIILSGAARD, T. H., HAYES, W. C., AND HEYL, A. V., 1967 , METALLIC MINERAL RESOURCES IN: MINERAL AND WATER RESOURCES OF MISSOURI, V. 43 , P. 51

  • Deposit

    1950'S DIREXPL NATIONAL LEAD CO. AND DEFENSE MINERALS EXPLORATION ADMINISTRATION DISCOVERED SIGNIFICANT DEPOSI

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1976 Weeks, Robert U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-OCT-1979 Sherwood, Liz U.S. Geological Survey

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Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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