| Deposit ID | 10196883 |
|---|---|
| MAS/MILS ID | 0291870003 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Leadwood Mine |
| Point of reference | Main Entrance |
|---|---|
| Geographic coordinates: | -90.60201, 37.85926 (WGS84) |
| Elevation | 268 |
| Location accuracy | 100(meters) |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
St. Francois(county)
Missouri(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Flat River(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Farmington(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Rolla(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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Missouri | St. Francois |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5th Principal | 036 N | 004 E | 04 | NENWSE | Missouri |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Cadmium | Tertiary |
| Cobalt Critical | Tertiary |
| Copper | Secondary |
| Lead | Primary |
| Nickel Critical | Tertiary |
| Zinc Critical | Secondary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Bravoite | Unknown |
| Calcite | Unknown |
| Chalcopyrite | Unknown |
| Dickite | Unknown |
| Dolomite | Unknown |
| Galena | Unknown |
| Linnaeite | Unknown |
| Marcasite | Unknown |
| Pyrite | Unknown |
| Quartz | Unknown |
| Sphalerite | Unknown |
| Main Entrance (1) | -90.60201, 37.85926 |
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| Thickness | 10M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Length | 5000M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Width | 4800M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Area | 250HA | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Depth to top | 120M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Operation type | Underground |
|---|---|
| Development status | Producer |
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1898 |
| Year of first production | 1903 |
| District name | Southeast Mo |
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| Type of mineral rights | Other |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
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| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | St. Joe Minerals Corp |
| Interest | 100 |
| Home office | New York |
| Year | 1979 |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0291870003 |
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | LAND HAS BEEN DONATED TO THE STATE OF MISSOURI THE MINE WAS CLOSED DOWN IN 1962. IMPORTANT ADDRESSES: ST. JOE. MINERALS CORP., 250 PARK AVE. NEW YORK, N. Y. 10017. TEL. 212-953-5000. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 09-APR-1987 | F.A.&A.H. | U.S. Bureau of Mines |
Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.
| Status | Abandoned since 06/14/2010 |
|---|---|
| MSHA mine ID | 2302360 |
| Mine name (MSHA) | Leadwood Quarry |
| Current operator | Doe Run Co |
| Current controller (parent) | Renco Group |
| Mine type | Surface (Metal / non-metal) |
Inferred by coordinate + name similarity (862 m, 1.00 match). Confirm against MSHA if precision matters — non-USGS-curated cross-references may occasionally point at a neighbouring mine.
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