Frank R. Milliken Mill

Producer in Reynolds county in Missouri, United States with commodities Cadmium, Cobalt, Copper, Lead, Nickel, Silver, 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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mineral rights holdings
  10. Land status
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10196555
MAS/MILS ID 0291790009
Record type Site
Current site name Frank R. Milliken Mill
Alternate or previous names Ozark Mill, Sweetwater Mill, Ozark Lead, Adair Creek

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -91.14823, 37.35977 (WGS84)
Elevation 360
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Reynolds(county)

Missouri(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Midridge(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Spring Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Rolla(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Black(hydrologic unit)

Upper White(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper White(hydrologic subregion)

Arkansas-White-Red(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Missouri Reynolds

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
5th Principal 031 N 002 W 27 SWNWSE Missouri

Commodities

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

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -91.14823, 37.35977

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Processing Plant
Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

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

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Kennecott Copper Corp. (Ozark Lead Co.)
    ID 2300458
    Year 1979

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    DAM INV PHOTO FLT 17 4-133 6-14-78 1:72000

  • Deposit

    ASCS PHOTO BMB-1MM-232 9-15-71 1:20000 -201 AC

  • Deposit

    THE MILL IS COST EVALUATED USING SEQUENCE NUMBER 0291790008.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 10-MAY-1985 T.D.&D.W. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

Current status (per MSHA)

StatusActive since 04/04/1988
MSHA mine ID2300458
Mine name (MSHA)Sweetwater Mine/Mill
Current operatorThe Doe Run Company
Current controller (parent)Renco Group
Mine typeUnderground (Metal / non-metal)

MSHA cross-reference per the original MRDS record. Mine status and operator reflect MSHA's last published Mines export (February 2025); MSHA's public bulk feed has been unavailable since, so this may be out of date. See the Mine Data Retrieval System for current status.

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Operator history (post-MRDS)

MRDS records operators as of each record's last update (≤ 2019). Some of the operators listed here have since changed hands or dissolved:

Curated by qvyshift.com from publicly-reported M&A activity (SEC filings, press releases, USGS Mineral Yearbooks). Not authoritative — verify against primary sources before relying on it. The MSHA panel above is the current authoritative source for actively-permitted mines.

External references