Whaley-Scott Mine

Past Producer in Washington county in Missouri, United States with commodity Barium-Barite
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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Land status
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10101571
MRDS ID D004997
Record type Site
Current site name Whaley-Scott Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -90.7529, 37.99589 (WGS84)
Elevation 274
Relative position 4 MILES NNE OF POTOSI

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Washington(county)

Missouri(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Potosi(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Farmington(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Rolla(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Big(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 Washington

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
5th Principal 038N 003E 19 SW OF SW Missouri

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Barium-Barite Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Barite Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -90.7529, 37.99589

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Southeast Missouri

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Milchem, Inc.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    US BUREAU OF MINES, MILS DATA, 1972

  • Production

    USBM PROD. TABS., 1973

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1980 Kent, Gordon U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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