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St. Francois 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. Production statistics
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10101577
MRDS ID D005032
Record type Site
Current site name St. Francois Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -91.59264, 37.13313 (WGS84)
Relative position LOCATED 3 1/2 MILES N.E. OF GREENVILLE.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Shannon(county)

Missouri(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Summersville NE(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Spring Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Rolla(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Current(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 028N 006E 05 W2 OF NE {LOT 1} Missouri

Comments on the location information

  • A DISCREPANCY OF ABOUT 2 MILES EXISTS BETWEEN THE ABOVE POSITION AND CRANE'S (1912) ORIGINAL LOCATION OF THIS MINE: W 1/2, LOT 1, NE 1/4, SEC 5; IT IS SITUATED UPON THE CREST OF A HIGH EAST AND WEST RIDGE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limonite Ore
Chert Gangue
Clay Gangue

Analytical data

Result ANALYSIS SHOWS 45.22% IRON, 18.93% SILICA, 0.056% PHOS., 0.55% MN. AND 5.0% MOISTURE.

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -91.59264, 37.13313
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form BOULDERS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1907
Year of last production 1910

Mining district

District name Southeast Missouri District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner St. Francois Iron And Land Co.
    Home office Greenville, Mo.

Production statistics

  • Year 1907
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^45.13% Fe
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Ore Iron Iron 45wt-pct
  • Year 1910
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^45.22% Fe
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Ore Iron Iron 45wt-pct

Comments on the production information

  • ANNUAL PRODUCTION GRADE CONT.-- 1907: 18.56% SILICA, 0.075% P, 0.955% MN, 5.00% MOISTURE; 1910: 18.93% SILICA, 0.056% P, 0.55% MN, 5.0% MOISTURE.

Comments on the workings information

  • DEVELOPMENTS CONSIST OF A CIRCULAR CUT 100 FT. IN DIAMETER AND FROM 2 TO 13 IN DEPTH.

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: MINE WAS CONNECTED BY A SHORT SPUR TO THE WILLIAMSVILLE, GREENVILLE, AND ST. LOUIS RY. STEAMSHOVELS AND 500 TON WASHER WAS ERECTED AT GREENVILLE. A COMPARISON OF THE ANALYSES OF WASHED AND UNWASHED PRODUCT SHOWS THAT THE QUALITY OF THE ORE WAS NOT MATERIALLY IMPROVED BY THE WASHER.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CRANE, G.W., 1912 THE IRON ORES OF MISSOURI, MISSOURI BUR. OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, 2D SER., V. 10, P. 384

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1980 Schneider, Norma J U.S. Geological Survey

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