Mon-Ark Mines

Past Producer in Christian 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. 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. Mineral rights holdings
  13. Land status
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10195370
MAS/MILS ID 0290430006
Record type Site
Current site name Mon-Ark Mines
Alternate or previous names Degraff Run, Alma Run, Big Windy Run

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Plant
Geographic coordinates: -93.19739, 36.99177 (WGS84)
Elevation 375
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Christian(county)

Missouri(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Selmore(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Table Rock Lake(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Harrison(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

James(hydrologic unit)

Upper White(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper White(hydrologic subregion)

Arkansas-White-Red(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Missouri Christian

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
5th Principal 027 N 021 W 35 NWSESE Missouri

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Tertiary
Zinc Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Calcite Unknown
Chert Unknown
Clay Unknown
Galena Unknown
Pyrite Unknown
Sphalerite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Plant (1) -93.19739, 36.99177

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 7.5M
    Length 2200M
    Width 7.5M
    Depth to top 160M
    Field Value
    MAS Matrix # 1
    MAS Column # 1
    Type of Orebody #1 FISSURE VEIN
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Primary Ore Control FRACTURING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. NONE
    Minimum Depth to Top 50
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 20
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 15
    Date of Last Modification 800801
  • Area 15HA
    Field Value
    Total Surface Area (HA) 15
    Date of Last Modification 910418

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Year of first production 1857

Mining district

District name Ozark Area

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Other

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the ownership information

  • OWNED BY PRIVATE INDIVIDUALS WITH NO MINING INTEREST

Comments on the production information

  • THESE FIGURES ARE BASED ON DATA FROM NEW LEAD BELT MILLS

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 465M
    Overall depth 64M
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method ACTUAL
    Mining Method ROOM AND PILLAR 10-34
    Swell Factor .59
    Percent Waste Rock 20
    Percent Recovery 90
    Hardness of Rock HARDROCK FISSURED WITH MODERATE WATER
    Rock Characteristics UNKNOWN
    Rock Support Chars. SUPPORTING MAY BACK SLAB
    Mine Support Chars. UNKNOWN
    Number of Shafts 4
    Length of Inclines (m) 0
    Avg. Length of Adits (m) 400
    Number of Adits 5
    1st Condition of Workings UNKNOWN
    Capacity 400
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Operating Days per Year 250
    Operating Shifts per Day 1
    Year of Information 1945

Comments on other economic factors

  • THERE ARE THREE CAVED SHAFTS AND ONE ACCESSABLE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Reserve-Resource

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES WAR MINERALS REPORT 381, 1945

  • Deposit

    BALLINGER, HOMER J., MON-ARK ZINC-LEAD MINES CHRISTIAN

  • Deposit

    COUNTY, MISSOURI, U.S. BUREAU OF MINES REPORT OF

  • Deposit

    INVESTIGATIONS 4297, 1948

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-FEB-84 Hite, Alan G. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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