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Cole Diggings

Past Producer in Crawford county in Missouri, United States with commodities Lead, 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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Land status
  11. Production statistics
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10268326
MAS/MILS ID 0290550029
Record type Site
Current site name Cole Diggings

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -91.24433, 37.79316 (WGS84)
Elevation 396

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Crawford(county)

Missouri(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Davisville(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Rolla(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Rolla(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Meramec(hydrologic unit)

Upper Mississippi-Meramec(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Mississippi-Kaskaskia-Meramec(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Mississippi(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 Crawford

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
5th Principal 036 N 003 W 34 C Missouri

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -91.24433, 37.79316
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • LIMESTONE IS FREE FROM CHERT AND DRUSY QUARTZ

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1843

Mining district

District name Southeast Missouri

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Production statistics

  • Year 1894
    Period 1860-1894
    Material Winslow, 1984
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Primary Lead Lead 100mt

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WINSLOW, ARTHUR, 1894, LEAD AND ZINC DEPOSITS OF MISSOURI: MO. GEOL. SURV., V. 7, P. 685

  • Deposit

    HENDRICKS, 1954, MGS VOL. 36, P.78

  • Deposit

    WINSLOW, ARTHUR, 1890, MGS NB. 31, P.106

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-78 Sherwood, Liz U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 18-NOV-83 Missouri Department Of Natural Resources --Wngfld U.S. Bureau of Mines

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