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Reed Mine

Past Producer in Phelps county in Missouri, United States with commodities Iron, Copper
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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10101480
MRDS ID D003764
Record type Site
Current site name Reed Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -91.6332, 37.88978 (WGS84)
Relative position LOCATED TWO MILES WEST OF DECAMP

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Phelps(county)

Missouri(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Dillon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Rolla(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Rolla(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Meramec(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 Phelps

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
5th Principal 037N 006W 31 NW OF NW Missouri

Comments on the location information

  • SITUATED ON A HIGH RIDGE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Clay Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Clay, Mud
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Chemical Sediment > Chert
    Rock unit name Roubidoux
    Rock description Roubidoux

Nearby scientific data

(1) Gasconade Dolomite
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • INTERSTRATIFIED CHERT, ORE, AND CLAY DIP TOWARDS THE CENTER OF THE PIT. SANDSTONE CAPS THE RIDGE.

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

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner H. C. L. Scheer ( 1912 )

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall depth 15.24M
    Overall length 48.77M
    Overall width 27.43M

Comments on the workings information

  • PIT IS 30 FT DEEP; TWO SHAFTS ARE 40 AND 40 OR 50 FT DEEP. OVERALL LENGTH AND WIDTH ARE FOR THE PIT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CRANE, G. W., 1912 , THE IRON ORES OF MISSOURI: MISSOURI BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, 2D SER., V. 10 , P. 296 .

  • Deposit

    NASON, FRANK L., 1892 , A REPORT ON THE IRON ORES OF MISSOURI: MISSOURI GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, 1ST SER., V. 2 , P. 321 .

  • Production

    NASON, FRANK L., 1892 , MISSOURI GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, 1ST SER., V. 2 , P. 321

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ORE CONTAINS THIN SEAMS OF COPPER CARBONATE. SOLID ORE BODY WAS ENCOUNTERED IN DRIFTS EXTENDING NORTH AND EAST FROM THE 40-FT SHAFT ON THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF THE PIT.

Reporter information

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

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