Bluff Springs Zinc Mine

Past Producer in Morgan county in Missouri, United States with commodities Coal, Lead, Zinc
Sections on this page
  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. Land status
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10269508
MAS/MILS ID 0291410015
Record type Site
Current site name Bluff Springs Zinc Mine
Alternate or previous names Bluff Spgs Coal Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -92.85848, 38.59445 (WGS84)
Elevation 262

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Morgan(county)

Missouri(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Fortuna(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Jefferson City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Jefferson City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lamine(hydrologic unit)

Lower Missouri-Blackwater(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Missouri(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Missouri Morgan

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
5th Principal 044 N 018 W 12 NWNW Missouri

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Coal Primary
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -92.85848, 38.59445

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Bluff Spgs Mng. Co.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    OPENED:1885 CLOSED:DURING W.W.I

  • Deposit

    5 SHAFTS APPX. 100 DEEP CONNECTED BY DRIFTS

  • Deposit

    NEAR ROUBIDOUX - GASCONADE FMS. CONTACT

  • Deposit

    MGS VOL.7, P.715 WINSLOW 1894

  • Deposit

    MGS NB.803, P.57 MATHER 1945

  • Deposit

    MGS MAP 322-13-3C

  • Deposit

    MGS MSC.20753 LEACH 1971

  • Deposit

    MGS RI-2, P.63 MATHER 1946

  • Deposit

    MGS RI-2, P.175 MATHER 1946

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1983 Missouri Department Of Natural Resources --Searcy U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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