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Mine La Motte Group

Past Producer in Madison county in Missouri, United States with commodities Cobalt, Copper, Lead, Nickel, Zinc
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  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. Ownership information
  15. Production statistics
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10245116
MAS/MILS ID 0291230005
Record type Site
Current site name Mine La Motte Group

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -90.2737, 37.61196 (WGS84)
Elevation 260
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Madison(county)

Missouri(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Fredericktown(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Farmington(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Rolla(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper St. Francis(hydrologic unit)

St. Francis(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Mississippi-St. Francis(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Mississippi(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Missouri Madison

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
5th Principal 034 N 007 E 33 NWNWNW Missouri

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Cobalt Critical Tertiary
Copper Primary
Lead Primary
Nickel Critical Tertiary
Zinc Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bravoite Unknown
Calcite Unknown
Chalcopyrite Unknown
Dolomite Unknown
Galena Unknown
Linnaeite Unknown
Marcasite Unknown
Millerite Unknown
Pyrite Unknown
Quartz Unknown
Sphalerite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -90.2737, 37.61196
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 10M
    Length 3200M
    Width 135M
    Depth to top 67M
    Field Value
    MAS Matrix # 1
    MAS Column # 1
    Type of Orebody #1 REPLACEMENT
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Type of Orebody #2 BRECCIA FILL
    Type of Orebody #3 DISSEMINATED
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Primary Ore Control LITHOLOGY
    Secondary Ore Control CONTACT ZONE
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. UNKNOWN
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 UNKNOWN
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 10
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Date of Last Modification 810825
  • Thickness 10M
    Length 3000M
    Width 1500M
    Area 202.3HA
    Depth to top 90M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 REPLACEMENT
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Type of Orebody #2 DISSEMINATED
    Type of Orebody #3 BRECCIA FILL
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Primary Ore Control LITHOLOGY
    Secondary Ore Control CONTACT ZONE
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. UNKNOWN
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 10
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Total Surface Area (HA) 202.3
    Date of Last Modification 810825

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1720
Mining method Open Stope - Room and Pillar
Year of first production 1827
Milling method Flotation

Mining district

District name Southeast Mo

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Private Lease

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Anschutz Uranium Corp.
    Home office Denver, Co.
    Year 1979

Comments on the ownership information

  • ANSCHUTZ CORP. HAS LEASED THE LAND RECENTLY AND ASSUMEDLY IS DRILLING THE PROPERTY AT PRESENT

Production statistics

  • Year 1959
    Description Refined Lead 9000 Mt Refined Lead Per Year
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Lead Lead 9000mt

Comments on the production information

  • MINE LAMOTTE CORP (A JOINT VENTURE OF ST JOE LEAD CO AND NATIONAL LEAD CO) OPERATED THE MINE UNTIL 1959 MINE LA MOTTE CORP CEASED IN 1973
  • THE CO-NI PRODUCT G, IS NOT MARKETABLE AT THE TIME OF EVALUATION. PRODUCTS F AND G AS SHOWN IN DATA BASE,SHOULD BE CONSIDERED ONLY AS DAILY EQUIVALENTS OF ACTUAL OUTPUTS WHICH WOULD BE 107.71 MTON AND 26.90 MTON EVERY 36.5 DAYS.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • RESERVE FIGURES COME FROM THE REPORT ON COBALT RESERVES BY R. HAGNI,USBM GRANT 155019,1976. RESERVES INCLUDE 15-PERCENT DILUTION AND 90-PERCENT MINE RECOVERY THEREFORE, ADJUSTMENTS TO FIND UNDILUTED, IN- INPLACE ORE RESERVES WERE MADE FOR THE QUANTITY MATRIX.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 90M
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method PROPOSED
    Mining Method ROOM AND PILLAR 10-34
    Swell Factor .59
    Percent Waste Rock 15
    Percent Recovery 90
    Hardness of Rock SOFT NONPLASTIC FISSURED MODERATE WATER
    Rock Support Chars. SUPPORTING MAY BACK SLAB
    Mine Support Chars. POST, HEADBOARD, CAPS, ROOF BOLTS
    Number of Shafts 15
    1st Condition of Workings FLOODED
    Capacity 227
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Unit Production Cost 12.55
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Operating Days per Year 250
    Operating Shifts per Day 2
    Year of Information 1979
  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 90M
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 2
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method PROPOSED
    Mining Method ROOM AND PILLAR 10-34
    Swell Factor .59
    Percent Waste Rock 15
    Percent Recovery 90
    Hardness of Rock SOFT NONPLASTIC FISSURED MODERATE WATER
    Number of Shafts 15
    1st Condition of Workings FLOODED
    Capacity 227
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Unit Production Cost 12.55
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Operating Days per Year 250
    Operating Shifts per Day 2
    Year of Information 1979

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Geology

    WHARTON,H.M. GUIDEBOOK TO THE GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS

  • Geology

    OF SELECTED MINES IN THE VIBURNUM TREND,MISSOURI. MIS-

  • Geology

    SOURI DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES,GEOLOGICAL SURVEY

  • Geology

    ,RI 58,1975

  • Deposit

    BLOOM, D. "ANSCHUTZ PLANNING FEASIBILITY STUDIES", PRESS

  • Deposit

    CLIPPING - MISSOURI NEWSPAPER, JUNE 28, 1979

  • Deposit

    KLINE, H.D., W.A. CALHOUN, AND B. M. REYNOLDS. MINING AND

  • Deposit

    MILLING METHODS AND COSTS, MADISON MINE, NATIONAL LEAD CO.

  • Deposit

    USBM I C 8028, 1961.

  • Geology

    TYLER,P.M. COBALT,U.S.B.M. IC 6331,1930, PAGE 11.

  • Reserve-Resource

    HAGNI,R.D.,AND D.R. JESSEY. EVALUATION AND CLASSIFICATION

  • Reserve-Resource

    OF MINERAL RESOURCE INFORMATION ON COBALT AND NICKEL IN

  • Reserve-Resource

    MISSOURI. FINAL REPORT TO USBM, GRANT AGREEMENT, G.O.

  • Reserve-Resource

    155019, 1976.

  • Workings

    REED,J.J. CASE HISTORY IN PILLAR RECOVERY (SOUTHEAST

  • Workings

    MISSOURI MINING DISTRICT). MINING ENGINEERING, JULY

  • Workings

    1959.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 07-JUN-1993 Amaro, F. U.S. Bureau of Mines

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