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A.H. Livingston-Mine #2

Past Producer in Howell county in Missouri, United States with commodity Iron
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Mineral rights holdings
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10244316
MAS/MILS ID 0290910049
Record type Site
Current site name A.H. Livingston-Mine #2
Alternate or previous names U.S. Forest Service Land

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -91.96575, 36.88068 (WGS84)
Elevation 374
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Howell(county)

Missouri(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Willow Springs South(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

West Plains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Poplar Bluff(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

North Fork White(hydrologic unit)

Upper White(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper White(hydrologic subregion)

Arkansas-White-Red(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Mark Twain National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Missouri Howell

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Unknown
Chert Unknown
Hematite Unknown
Kaolinite Unknown
Limonite Unknown
Marcasite Unknown
Pyrite Unknown
Pyrolusite Unknown
Quartz Unknown
Sphalerite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -91.96575, 36.88068
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 3M
    Length 90M
    Width 90M
    Area 1HA
    Depth to top 5M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 SEDIMENTARY
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Type of Orebody #2 OTHER
    Shape of Orebody #2 LENTICULAR
    Shape of Orebody #3 PIPELIKE
    Primary mode of Origin RESIDUAL CONCENT
    Secondary mode of Origin OXIDATION
    Primary Ore Control LITHOLOGY
    Secondary Ore Control FRACTURING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. NONE
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 UNKNOWN
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 15
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 5
    Total Surface Area (HA) 1
    Date of Last Modification 790329

Comments on the geologic information

  • DEPOSITIONAL.CHARACTER OF ORE: OCCURS AS POCKETS OF LIMONITE/HEMATITE IN THE RESIDUUM OR IN CAVITIES IN UNDERLYING ROCK. ORE IS IN RESIDUUM OVERLYING JEFFERSON CITY AND ROUBIDOUX FORMATIONS.
  • MINERAL GANGUE CONSISTS OF SOIL MATRIX. SOIL MOSTLY KAOLINITE, QUARTZ, AND CHERT.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1900
Year of first production 1901

Comments on exploration

  • EXPLORATION: BROWN IRON MINES USUALLY DISCOVERED BY VISUAL INSPECTION FOR PRESENCE OF LIMONITE, FOLLOWED BY DIGGING OF TEST PIT. DATE OF GEOLOGIC MAPPING IS UNCERTAIN.

Mining district

District name Missouri Brown Iron Belt

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Other

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner U.S. Forest Service
    Interest 100
    Home office Missouri
    Year 1978

Comments on the ownership information

  • OWNER/OP. OWNERSHIP DATA FROM A 1958 STUDY. PROPERTY MAY HAVE SINCE CHAGED HANDS.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • ORE GRADE GRADE OF 37.8% FE HAS BEEN USED. THIS IS AN ESTIMATE OF THE AVERAGE GRADE FOR ALL REMAINING RESERVES. ACTUAL GRADE FOR EACH MINE WILL VARY BUT IS NOT BELOW 35% FE.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 1HA
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method PROPOSED
    Mining Method STRIP-HILLSIDE
    Percent Waste Rock 80
    Avg. Overburden Thickness 3
    Primary Material Cover SAND, SILT
    Percentage 100
    Hardness of Ore SAND, SILT
    Max. Pit Slope (degrees) 30
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Preprod. Stripping Vol. 0
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Operating Days per Year 250
    Operating Shifts per Day 1
    Year of Information 1978

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MGS PRODUCERS DIRECTORY

  • Deposit

    EXTENDS INTO SECS 1,7,12-T24N-R8+9W

  • Deposit

    PORTABLE CRUSHER

  • Deposit

    ASCS PHOTO BLM-1MM-289 8-27-71 1:20000 - 35 AC

  • Deposit

    DAM INV PHOTO FLT 24 1-270 4-27-78 1:72000 -41 AC

  • Deposit

    DOSS & HARPER STONE CO OWN/OP 1978

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit LOCATION MINE LOCATION HAS BEEN TAKEN AS CENTER OF PROPERTY MINING ORE IS IN THE SOIL SO THERE IS USUALLY NO COVER. BENCH HEIGHT NOT APPLICABLE. NO BENCHES. NO COST INFORMATION INCLUDED FOR MINING.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 13-MAY-1985 Lewis, J.D. U.S. Bureau of Mines

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