Harness and Lundy Mine

Past Producer in Wayne county in Missouri, United States with commodity Iron
Sections on this page
  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. Production statistics
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10101485
MRDS ID D003792
Record type Site
Current site name Harness and Lundy Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -90.49122, 37.06063 (WGS84)
Relative position 3 1/2 MILES SOUTHWEST OF OLD GREENVILLE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Wayne(county)

Missouri(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Greenville SW(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Piedmont(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Rolla(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper St. Francis(hydrologic unit)

St. Francis(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Mississippi-St. Francis(hydrologic subregion)

Lower 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 Wayne

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
5th Principal 028N 005E 34 NE OF NW Missouri

Comments on the location information

  • SITUATED ON THE SOUTH SLOPE OF THE HILL DIRECTLY NORTH OF THE SAWYER MINE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chert Gangue
Clay Gangue

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -90.49122, 37.06063

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form PIPE
    Depth to top 4.57M

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

Production statistics

  • Year 1909
    Period 1908 - 1909
    Material ORE FE
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^54.61 % Iron, 8.76 % Silica, 0.088 % Phosphorus, 0.215 % Manganese, And 3.50 % Moisture
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Manganese Manganese 0wt-pct
    Phosphorus-Phosphates Phosphorus 0wt-pct
    Major Ore Iron Iron 55wt-pct
    Silica Silica 9wt-pct

Comments on the workings information

  • THE MINE CONSISTS OF A LARGE, SHALLOW CUT, COVERING AN AREA OF ABOUT AN ACRE.

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. 355

  • Production

    CRANE, G. W., 1912 , THE IRON ORES OF MISSOURI: MISSOURI BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, 2D SER., V. 10 , P. 355 .

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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