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Willis Mine

Past Producer in Shannon 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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  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 10101572
MRDS ID D005006
Record type Site
Current site name Willis Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -90.72567, 37.02201 (WGS84)
Relative position THREE MILES NE OF WINONA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Wayne(county)

Missouri(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mill Spring(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)

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 Shannon

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
5th Principal 027N 003W 09 NE OF SE Missouri

Comments on the location information

  • SITUATED ON THE SOUTH POINT OF A STEEP HILL RISING 180 FT. ABOVE THE VALLEY

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Ocher Gangue

Analytical data

Result ORE ANALYSIS: 43.33% IRON, 25.24%, SILICA, 0.35% SULFUR, 0.03% PHOS., 8.76% COMBINED WATER, AND 0.65% MOISTURE.

Nearby scientific data

(1) -90.72567, 37.02201
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form BOULDERS
    Depth to bottom 3.05M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1902

Mining district

District name Southeast Missouri District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner J. R. Willis

Comments on the production information

  • SEVERAL CAR LOADS OF ORE HAD BEEN SHIPPED BY 1910 AND WERE REPORTED TO HAVE GIVEN RETURNS OF 46 TO 52% IRON.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall depth 3.05M
    Overall length 36.58M
    Overall width 18.29M

Comments on the workings information

  • DEVELOPMENTS CONSIST OF ONE LARGE CUT, 120 FT LONG, 60 FT WIDE, 10 FT DEEP, ENTERING THE CREST OF THE HILL FROM THE WEST, AND SEVERAL SMALL PITS. ALL SHOW ORE. NEARLY THE ENTIRE FACE OF THE CUT SHOWS A POROUS, BROWN ORE OF GOOD QUALITY MIXED WITH OCHER AND A VERY LITTLE CLAY.

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: ORE WAS HAULED 2.5 MI TO LOW WOSSIE, THE NEAREST SHIPPING POINT ON THE ST. LOUIS AND SAN FRANCISCO RY.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CRANE, G.W., 1912, THE IRON ORES OF MISSOURI: MISSOURI BUR. OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, ZD. SER., V. 10, P. 332

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE OUTCROP COVERS A CONSIDERABLE AREA.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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