Vineland Tunnel & Hill Shaft

Past Producer in Jefferson county in Missouri, United States with commodity Iron
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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Land status
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10147420
MAS/MILS ID 0290990112
Record type Site
Current site name Vineland Tunnel & Hill Shaft
Alternate or previous names Missouri Pyrite Mining Co Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -90.60341, 38.09676 (WGS84)
Elevation 244
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Jefferson(county)

Missouri(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Vineland(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Festus(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Saint Louis(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Cahokia-Joachim(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 Jefferson

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
5th Principal 039 N 004 E 17 SWSESE Missouri

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -90.60341, 38.09676

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Missouri Pyrite Mining Co
  • Type Owner
    Owner W. Knorp

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    OPENED 1911

  • Deposit

    SHAFT IS 100 FT DEEP

  • Deposit

    MGS VOL 30 PG 352 GRAWE 1945

  • Deposit

    ASCS PHOTO TR-2GG-32 9-29-66 1:20000

  • Deposit

    USGS PHOTO TR-2M-192 11-13-54 1:20000

  • Deposit

    ASCS PHOTO TR-8-766 8-15-37 1:20000 - 1/8 AC

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-83 Missouri Department Of Natural Resources --Mcfrld U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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