Horner Mountain Mine

Past Producer in Shannon county in Missouri, United States with commodity Manganese
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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 10281264
MAS/MILS ID 0292030010
Record type Site
Current site name Horner Mountain Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -91.24873, 37.08947 (WGS84)
Elevation 547
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Shannon(county)

Missouri(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Stegall Mountain(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 028 N 003 W 14 SWNW Missouri

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Alunite Unknown
Barite Unknown
Braunite Unknown
Calcite Unknown
Feldspar Unknown
Fluorite Unknown
Hematite Unknown
Kaolinite Unknown
Psilomelane Unknown
Pyrolusite Unknown
Quartz Unknown
Sericite Unknown
Tremolite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -91.24873, 37.08947

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N30E
    Dip 82S
    Thickness 2M
    Length 60M
    Width 2M
    Area 25HA
    Depth to top 35M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 FISSURE VEIN
    Shape of Orebody #1 PIPELIKE
    Type of Orebody #2 BRECCIA FILL
    Shape of Orebody #2 TABULAR
    Type of Orebody #3 REPLACEMENT
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Primary Ore Control FRACTURING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. SLIGHT
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 ADV ARGILLIC
    Strike And Dip N30E:82S
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Total Surface Area (HA) 25
    Date of Last Modification 790329

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Year of first production 1954

Mining district

District name Missouri Brown Iron Belt

Mineral rights holdings

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

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Unknown
    Owner Yandel Hunt
  • Type Unknown
    Owner Horner Mountain Mining Co.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 3HA
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method PROPOSED
    Mining Method GLORY HOLE
    Swell Factor .6
    Percent Waste Rock 10
    Avg. Overburden Thickness 0
    Primary Material Cover SAND, GRAVEL
    Percentage 20
    Secondary Material Cover HARD ROCKS
    Percentage 80
    Hardness of Ore HARD ROCKS
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Operating Days per Year 255
    Operating Shifts per Day 1
    Year of Information 1978

Reference information

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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