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Anderson 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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10101483
MRDS ID D003781
Record type Site
Current site name Anderson Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -90.69205, 37.21396 (WGS84)
Relative position 1 1/2 MILES SOUTH OF GADS HILL

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Wayne(county)

Missouri(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Piedmont(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Piedmont(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Rolla(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Black(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 003E 02 Missouri

Comments on the location information

  • SITUATED ON THE SOUTH SLOPE OF A STEEP HILLSIDE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Clay Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Chemical Sediment > Chert
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -90.69205, 37.21396
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form PIPE, BOULDER

Comments on the geologic information

  • ORE IS CHIEFLY OF THE PIPE VARIETY AND CONTAINS NO CHERT OR SAND.

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 N. M. Anderson ( 1912 )

Comments on the production information

  • THREE CARS OF BOULDER ORE ARE REPORTED TO HAVE BEEN MINED AND SHIPPED DURING 1908 .

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall length 21.34M
    Overall width 4.57M

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: SMALL FRAGMENTS, WHICH CONSTITUTE A LARGE PART OF THE DEPOSIT, CAN BE RECOVERED ONLY BY WASHING.

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. 348

  • Production

    CRANE, G. W., 1912 , THE IRON ORES OF MISSOURI: MISSOURI BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, 2D SER., V. 10 , P. 348 .

Reporter information

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

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