Einstein Mine- Apex Mine

Past Producer in Madison county in Missouri, United States with commodities Copper, Lead, Silver, Tin, Tungsten, 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. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10268790
MAS/MILS ID 0291230003
Record type Site
Current site name Einstein Mine- Apex Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -90.4434, 37.55757 (WGS84)
Elevation 198
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Madison(county)

Missouri(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Rhodes Mountain(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)

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 Madison

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
5th Principal 033 N 005 E 14 NWSWSE Missouri

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary
Lead Tertiary
Silver Tertiary
Tin Critical Tertiary
Tungsten Critical Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Beryl Unknown
Chalcopyrite Unknown
Covellite Unknown
Fluorite Unknown
Galena Unknown
Goethite Unknown
Hematite Unknown
Malachite Unknown
Pyrite Unknown
Quartz Unknown
Scheelite Unknown
Sphalerite Unknown
Stolzite Unknown
Topaz Unknown
Wolframite Unknown
Chalcopyrite Unknown
Fluorite Unknown
Sphalerite Unknown
Topaz Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -90.4434, 37.55757

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N90E
    Dip 50S
    Width 1.2M
    Depth to top 80M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 FISSURE VEIN
    Shape of Orebody #1 LENTICULAR
    Type of Orebody #2 BRECCIA FILL
    Shape of Orebody #2 IRREGULAR
    Type of Orebody #3 REPLACEMENT
    Primary mode of Origin CONT METASOMATIC
    Secondary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Primary Ore Control FRACTURING
    Secondary Ore Control IGNEOUS
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. INTENSE
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 SERICITIC
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #2 SILICIFICATION
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #3 PYRITIZATION
    Strike And Dip N90E:50S
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Date of Last Modification 790329

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1855
Year of first production 1877

Mining district

District name Silver Mine

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • ACTUAL ORE TONNAGE IS LESS THAN ONE THOUSAND TONS (350 TONS).

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 55M
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method ACTUAL
    Mining Method GLORY HOLE 10-37
    Percent Waste Rock 5
    Hardness of Rock HARDROCK FISSURED WITH MODERATE WATER
    Rock Characteristics NO PLANES OF WEAKNESS
    Rock Support Chars. SUPPORTING WHEN DRY
    Mine Support Chars. CHEMICAL COATING
    Length of Inclines (m) 30
    Slope of Inclines 48
    Number of Inclines 1
    1st Condition of Workings CAVED AT PORTAL
    2nd Condition of Workings BAD AIR
    3rd Condition of Workings FLOODED
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Year of Information 1978

Comments on other economic factors

  • TRANSPO A-14 NOT COMPLETED. VERY LITTLE CONCENTRATE WAS EVER SOLD FROM THE OZARK MINE (5 TONS) ONLY KNOWN BUYER WAS THE U.S. GOVERNMENT.

Reference information

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MINING SWELL FACTOR IS UNKNOWN. PERCENT WASTE ROCK VARIES DEPENDING ON VEIN WIDTH (IE. THE WIDER THE VEIN THE LESS THE WASTE ROCK). MINING MINING MERHOD BEST DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWING THE VEIN. MINING MINE CAPACITIES AND COSTS HAVE NOT BEEN CALCULATED DUE TO SMALL TONNAGE. AND IS A PART OF MARK TWAIN NATIONAL FOREST.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-FEB-1984 Hite, Alan G. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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