Swansea Copper Mine

Past Producer in Ste. Genevieve county in Missouri, United States with commodity Copper

Sections on this page

Identification information
Geographic coordinates
Site location context
Geographic areas
Public Land Survey System information
Commodities
Host and associated rocks
Nearby scientific data
Geologic structures
Economic information about the deposit and operations
Mining district
Links to other databases
Bibliographic references
Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID	10101453
MRDS ID	D003572
Record type	Site
Current site name	Swansea Copper Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates:	-90.19704, 37.97062 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Ste. Genevieve(county)

Missouri(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Weingarten(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Farmington(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Rolla(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Cahokia-Joachim(hydrologic unit)

Upper Mississippi-Meramec(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Mississippi-Kaskaskia-Meramec(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Mississippi(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country	State	County
United States	Missouri	Ste. Genevieve

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian	Township	Range	Section	Fraction	State
5th Principal	038N	008E	30		Missouri

Commodities

Commodity	Importance
Copper	Primary

Host and associated rocks

Host or associated

Host

Rock type

Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite

Rock unit name

Jefferson City

Rock description

Jefferson City

Stratigraphic age (youngest)	Late Ordovician
Stratigraphic age (youngest)	Late Ordovician

Nearby scientific data

(1)	-90.19704, 37.97062	ListMap

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure	Local
Structure description	Ste Genevieve Fault Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status	Past Producer
Commodity type	Metallic
Deposit size	Small
Significant	No
Discovery year	1863
Year of first production	1876

Mining district

District name	Ste Genevieve Mines, Southeast Missouri

Comments on the workings information

DRIFTS WITH ROOM AND PILLAR METHOD OF MINING

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency	Database name	Acronym	Record ID	Notes
USGS	Mineral Resources Data System	MRDS	D003572

Bibliographic references

Deposit

HEYL, A.V., BROCK, M.R., JOLLY, J.L., AND WELLS, C.E., 1965 , REGIONAL STRUCTURE OF THE SOUTHEAST MISSOURI AND ILLINOIS-KENTUCKY MINERAL DISTRICTS, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL., 1202-B, P. B1-B20.
Deposit

BAIN, H.F. AND ULRICH, E.O., 1905 , THE COPPER DEPOSITS OF MISSOURI: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 267 , PP. 36 - 39 .

Reporter information

Type	Date	Name	Affiliation	Comment
Reporter	01-JUN-1979	Sherwood, Liz	U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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