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Indian Creek Division

Past Producer in Washington county in Missouri, United States with commodities Lead, Copper, Silver, Zinc, Nickel, Cobalt, Cadmium
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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. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Mineral rights holdings
  16. Land status
  17. Ownership information
  18. Production statistics
  19. Reserves and resources
  20. Workings at the site
  21. Links to other databases
  22. Bibliographic references
  23. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10124157
MAS/MILS ID 0292210021
Record type Deposit
Current site name Indian Creek Division

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Geographic coordinates: Elevation UTM Precision Relative position Point location
Ore Body -90.91101, 38.04434 (WGS84) 280 100 Middle of the three Indian Creek mine shaft symbols on the USGS 7.5' topo sheet. 2 km by road (route 185) NW of the town of Ebo, 18 km by road (route 185) NW of Potosi.
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Main Entrance -90.91682, 38.04086 (WGS84) 323 100 This is the original MAS record location, said to be the main entrance, but appears to be a farm house.
-90.90781, 38.05659 (WGS84) 10 Shaft symbol on USGS 7.5' topo map south of route 185.
-90.9093, 38.05755 (WGS84) 10 Shaft symbol on USGS 7.5' topo map east of tailings pond.
-90.9093, 38.05755 (WGS84) 100 Center of tailings pond.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Washington(county)

Missouri(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Ebo(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Festus(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Saint Louis(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 038 N 001 E 10 NENWNW Missouri

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Copper Secondary
Silver Secondary
Zinc Critical Tertiary
Nickel Critical Tertiary
Cobalt Critical Tertiary
Cadmium Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Bravoite Ore
Linnaeite Ore
Marcasite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Dickite Gangue
Dolomite Gangue
Kaolinite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 224
USGS model code 32a
Deposit model name Mississippi Valley, S.E. Missouri Pb-Zn
Mark3 model number 42

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
    Rock type qualifier shaley
    Rock unit name Bonneterre Fm.
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure name Oazrk dome to the SW
Type of structure Regional
Structure name St Francois igneous dome

Ore body information

  • Thickness 15M
    Length 3648M
    Width 90M
    Area 75HA
    Depth to top 228M
    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 LITHOLOGY
    Secondary Ore Control CONTACT ZONE
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. MODERATE
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 DOLOMITIZATION
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #2 SILICIFICATION
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #3 PYRITIZATION
    Minimum Depth to Top 144
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 15
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Total Surface Area (HA) 75
    Date of Last Modification 830721

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOLOGY BRECCIATION IS COMMON IN AND NEAR THE ORE BUT IS A PART OF THE BONNETERRE FORMATION UNDERGROUND PRELIMINARY COMMENTS. PRODUCTION STARTED IN 1954. LEAD AND ZINC CONCENTRATES WERE PRODUCED UNTIL 1965 WHEN THE ZINC CIRCUIT WAS DIS- CONTINUED. A COPPER CIRCUIT WAS INSTALLED IN 1970. THE MINE HAS 11 MORE YEARS OF LIFE AS OF JAN., 1976. PUBLISHED VALUE OF $ 3 MILLION REINVESTMENT IN 1968 FOR NEW SHAFT AND EQUIPMENT. ORIGINAL EVALUATION WAS DONE IN 1979. UPDATED IN 1983.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant Yes
Discovery year 1948
Mining method Open Stope - Room and Pillar
Year of first production 1954
Milling method Flotation

Mining district

District name Southeast Missouri district
District name Indian Creek sub-district
District name Viburnum trend

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Private Lease

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner St. Joe's Mineral Resource Co., Unit Of Fluor Co.
    Interest 100
    Home office New York
    Year 1979

Comments on the ownership information

  • ST JOE MINERALS IS A DIVISION OF FLUOR CORPORATION, 3333 MICHELSON DR, IRVINE, CALIFORNIA 92730.

Production statistics

  • Year 1979
    Material ore Pb
    Ore mined 561600mt
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Grade Ore Mined: 2.32% Pb, 0.147% Cu And 1.10 G/Mt Ag 561600 Mt Ore
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Trace Silver Silver 1g/mt
    Major Lead Lead 2wt-pct
    Trace Copper Copper 0wt-pct
  • Year 1980
    Material ore Pb
    Ore mined 578100mt
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Grade Ore Mined: 2.01% Pb, 0.141% Cu And 2.13 G/Mt Ag 578100 Mt Ore
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Trace Silver Silver 2g/mt
    Major Lead Lead 2wt-pct
    Trace Copper Copper 0wt-pct
  • Year 1981
    Material ore Pb
    Ore mined 361299mt
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Grade Ore Mined: 2.28% Pb, 0.078% Cu And 2.23 G/Mt Ag 361299 Mt Ore
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Trace Silver Silver 2g/mt
    Major Lead Lead 2wt-pct
    Trace Copper Copper 0wt-pct

Comments on the production information

  • MINE TEMPORARILY CLOSED IN APRIL 1982, AND HAS NOT REOPENED AS OF JUNE 1983.
  • YIELDS FOR PRODUCTS D AND E (COPPER AND COBALT CONCENTRATES) DO NOT INCLUDE SILVER OR CADMIUM, BECAUSE THEIR RECOVERIES AND GRADES ARE UNKNOWN FOR THESE CONCENTRATES AFTER THEY ARE PROCESSED THROUGH THE COBALT CIRCUIT.

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 2008
    Total endowment 12700000mt ore
    Remarks Leach, D.L. (USGS) significant PbZn list, based on Kyle and Gutierrez,1988.
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Lead 2.5 wt-pct Lead Primary 2008

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 286M
    Field Value
    Mining Method ROOM AND PILLAR 10-34
    Swell Factor .59
    Percent Waste Rock 10
    Percent Recovery 90
    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 3
    1st Condition of Workings OPEN
    Capacity 2360
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Unit Production Cost 8.64
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Operating Days per Year 250
    Operating Shifts per Day 2
    Year of Information 1977

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BAIN, C. KREMER, ST. JOSEPH LEAD'S INDIAN CREEK DEVELOPMENT: MINING ENGINEERING, SEPT 1953, PP. 899-904

  • Deposit

    CHRISTIANSEN, CARL R., ET. AL, MINING AND MILLING METHODS AND COSTS AT THE INDIAN CRK MINE ST JOSEPH LEAD CO., WASHINGTON COUNTY, MO.: USBM I.C. 7875, 1959, 47 PP.

  • Deposit

    ST JOSEPH MINERALS: GROWING THROUGH DIVERSIFICATION: ENGR & MIN. JOURNAL, NOV., 1976, PP. 86.

  • Deposit

    Hagni, R.D., 1995, The Southeast Missouri lead district: Society of Economic Geologists Guidebook Series, v. 22, p. 44?78.

  • Deposit

    Kyle, J.R., and Gutierrez, 1988, Origin of the Indian Creek sandstone-hosted lead deposits, Southeast Missouri, U.S.A., in Zachrisson, E., ed., Proceedings of the Seventh Quadrennial IAGOD Symposium: E.Schweizerbart?sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, p. 669?684.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-76 Schruben, Paul G. U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 08-JUN-93 AH/MD U.S. Bureau of Mines
Editor 15-SEP-09 Schruben, Paul (Lipin, Bruce) U.S. Geological Survey Record consolidation for significant Pb/Zn list.

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