Sandy Mines

Past Producer in Jefferson county in Missouri, United States with commodities Barium-Barite, 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 10293022
MAS/MILS ID 0290990100
Record type Site
Current site name Sandy Mines
Alternate or previous names Sandy Diggings, Sandy Lead Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -90.50431, 38.28975 (WGS84)
Elevation 159

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Jefferson(county)

Missouri(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Belews Creek(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Festus(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Saint Louis(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Cahokia-Joachim(hydrologic unit)

Upper Mississippi-Meramec(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Mississippi-Kaskaskia-Meramec(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Mississippi(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Missouri Jefferson

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
5th Principal 041 N 005 E 18 N2 Missouri

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Barium-Barite Critical Primary
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -90.50431, 38.28975

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Magnolia Mining And Milling Co

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    OPENED 1824

  • Deposit

    MGS REPT FOR 1855-1871 PG 310 BROADHEAD 1873

  • Deposit

    MGS VOL 7 PG 692 WINSLOW 1894

  • Deposit

    MGS 1ST-2ND ANNUAL REPTS PG 30 1855

  • Deposit

    MGS NB 313 PG 47 STROMME 1907

  • Deposit

    MGS NB 166 PG 64 ROBERTSON

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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