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Blair Creek Prospect

Prospect in Shannon county in Missouri, United States with commodity Lead
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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. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10269325
MAS/MILS ID 0292030002
Record type Site
Current site name Blair Creek Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -91.18763, 37.25007 (WGS84)
Elevation 305
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Shannon(county)

Missouri(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Midridge(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Spring Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Rolla(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Current(hydrologic unit)

Upper White(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper White(hydrologic subregion)

Arkansas-White-Red(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Missouri Shannon

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
5th Principal 030 N 002 W 32 C C N2 Missouri

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Unknown
Galena Unknown
Sphalerite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -91.18763, 37.25007
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 9M
    Length 7873M
    Width 137M
    Area 190HA
    Depth to top 457M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 DISSEMINATED
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Type of Orebody #2 REPLACEMENT
    Type of Orebody #3 BRECCIA FILL
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Primary Ore Control LITHOLOGY
    Secondary Ore Control FRACTURING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. MODERATE
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 DOLOMITIZATION
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #2 SILICIFICATION
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #3 PYRITIZATION
    Strike And Dip N90W:
    Minimum Depth to Top 366
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 30
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Total Surface Area (HA) 190
    Date of Last Modification 801106

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1962

Mining district

District name Southeast Mo

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Federal Lease
Type of mineral rights Private Lease
Type of mineral rights Fee Ownership

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Ozark Lead Co. Of Missouri
    Interest 100
    Home office New York
    Year 1977
  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Kennecott Copper Co.
    Interest 100
    Home office New York
    Year 1977

Comments on the ownership information

  • PROPOSED MINE IS 100% OWNED BY THE OZARK LEAD COMPANY OF MISSOURI, SWEETWATER, MO. 63680 TEL. 314-663-2331. WHICH IS A WHOLLY OWNED SUBSIDIARY OF; KENNECOTT COPPER CORPORATION, 161 EAST 42ND ST., NEW YORK, N.Y. TEL. 212-687-5800: COMMENTS WHICH PERTAIN TO THE M.A.S. INFORMATION EXPLORATION - REC 050. PROPERTY IS CURRENTLY BEING DRILLED ON CLOSER SPACING AND UNDERGOING FURTHER RESERVE EVALUATION. GEOLOGY AND MINEROLOGY - REC 060 AND REC 080 BASED ON THE SWEETWATER MINE ALSO OWNED BY OZARK LEAD COMPANY OF MISSOURI. UNDERGROUND - REC 120. PROPOSED UNDERGROUND MINE DESIGN IS MODELED AFTER THE SWEETWATER MINE OWNED BY OZARK LEAD. BASE YEAR OF COSTING PROPOSED MINE IS 1976. MINE LIFE IS 22 YEARS BASED ON PRODUCTION OF 4535 MT/DAY AT A 254 DAYS/YEAR SCHEDULE. MINE CAPITOL COSTS TOTAL $10,979,172 (1976 DEPRECIAT ACQUI - 5% ROYALTY ED DOLLARS) EXPLO $ 1,426,500 DEVEL $ 1,963,858 EQUIP $ 2,032,002 PLANT $ 3,771,210 WORKING CAPITAL $ 1,785,602 MINE OPERATING COST $6.56 / MT PROCESSING AND FEED-REC 151: COST BASED ON PB CIRCUIT ONLY. BASE YEAR OF COSTING MILL IS 1976, MILL CAPITOL COSTS TOTAL $ 8,750,591 PLANT AND EQUIPMENT $ 7,214,734 TAIL.POND $ 1,236,547 WORK.CAP. 299,310 MILL OP. COST $1.10 FIRST 15 YEARS 1.32 LAST 7 YEARS TRANSPORTATION PRODUCT SHIPPED TO MILES CHARGE PB CONC. GLOVER, MO. 40 $2.01 1MT REFINING PRODUCT CHARGE RECOVERY CONC. GRADE PB CONC. $99.36 1MT 95 % 99.99 MARKET VALUES: AVE 1976 PB $0.231 1LB OR $509.355 /MT

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    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 10
    Hardness of Rock SOFT NONPLASTIC FISSURED MODERATE WATER
    Rock Characteristics MULTIPLE SYSTEMS OF WEAKNESS PLANES
    Rock Support Chars. SUPPORTING MAY BACK SLAB
    Mine Support Chars. POST, HEADBOARD, CAPS, ROOF BOLTS
    Number of Shafts 2
    Capacity 4535
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Unit Production Cost 6.85
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Operating Days per Year 254
    Operating Shifts per Day 2
    Year of Information 1977

Reference information

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 13-MAY-85 Lewis, J.D. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

Operator history (post-MRDS)

MRDS records operators as of each record's last update (≤ 2019). Some of the operators listed here have since changed hands or dissolved:

  • Kennecott Copper Co. — acquired by Subsidiary of Rio Tinto (1989)
    Acquired by RTZ (now Rio Tinto) in 1989. Continues to operate the Bingham Canyon mine and other assets under the Kennecott name.

Curated by qvyshift.com from publicly-reported M&A activity (SEC filings, press releases, USGS Mineral Yearbooks). Not authoritative — verify against primary sources before relying on it. The MSHA panel above is the current authoritative source for actively-permitted mines.

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