Granby Ore Block 32

Past Producer in Newton county in Missouri, United States with commodities Lead, Zinc
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Mineral rights holdings
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10123023
MAS/MILS ID 0291450032
Record type Site
Current site name Granby Ore Block 32

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -94.26382, 36.89567 (WGS84)
Elevation 362
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Newton(county)

Missouri(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Granby(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Neosho(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tulsa(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Spring(hydrologic unit)

Neosho(hydrologic accounting unit)

Neosho-Verdigris(hydrologic subregion)

Arkansas-White-Red(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Missouri Newton

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Anglesite Unknown
Aurichalcite Unknown
Calamine Unknown
Calcite Unknown
Cerussite Unknown
Chalcopyrite Unknown
Chert Unknown
Dolomite Unknown
Galena Unknown
Greenockite Unknown
Hematite Unknown
Limonite Unknown
Malachite Unknown
Marcasite Unknown
Pyrite Unknown
Pyrolusite Unknown
Pyromorphite Unknown
Smithsonite Unknown
Sphalerite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -94.26382, 36.89567

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 4M
    Length 106M
    Width 30M
    Area 1HA
    Depth to top 40M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 DISSEMINATED
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Type of Orebody #2 REPLACEMENT
    Type of Orebody #3 BRECCIA FILL
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Primary Ore Control FRACTURING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. INTENSE
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 SILICIFICATION
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #2 DOLOMITIZATION
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 3
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Total Surface Area (HA) 1
    Date of Last Modification 780708

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1850
Year of first production 1853

Mining district

District name Tri State

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Private Lease
Type of mineral rights Fee Ownership

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Gene Shewmake
    Interest 100
    Home office Missouri
    Year 1976

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 70M
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method PROPOSED
    Mining Method ROOM AND PILLAR 10-34
    Swell Factor .59
    Percent Waste Rock 5
    Hardness of Rock SOFT NONPLASTIC FISSURED MODERATE WATER
    Rock Characteristics MULTIPLE SYSTEMS OF WEAKNESS PLANES
    Rock Support Chars. SUPPORTING MAY BACK SLAB
    Mine Support Chars. POST, HEADBOARD, CAPS, ROOF BOLTS
    Number of Shafts 9
    1st Condition of Workings FLOODED
    2nd Condition of Workings PLUGGED
    Capacity 1300
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Operating Days per Year 250
    Operating Shifts per Day 3
    Year of Information 1977

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    TRI-STATE ORE RESERVE EVALUATION ASARCO'S GRANBY PROPERTIES

  • Deposit

    SOUTHEAST OF JOPLIN, MISSOURI.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-FEB-84 Lewis, J.D. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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