Ste. Genevieve Mines (Cornwall, Chicago, Swansea, Crow, Herzog)

Past Producer in Ste. Genevieve county in Missouri, United States with commodities Copper, Lead
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Alteration
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Controls for ore emplacement
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 60000300
MRDS ID D003530
Record type District
Current site name Ste. Genevieve Mines (Cornwall, Chicago, Swansea, Crow, Herzog)

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -90.1501, 37.90006 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Ste. Genevieve(county)

Missouri(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Weingarten(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Farmington(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Rolla(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Mississippi-Cape Girardeau(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 Ste. Genevieve

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Lead Tertiary

Alteration

  • (Local) OXIDATION

Nearby scientific data

(1) -90.1501, 37.90006

Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • BEDDING SURFACE OF MAIN CHERT BRECCIA

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Discovery year 1863
Year of first production 1876

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BAIN, H.F., AND ULRICH, E.O., 1905 , THE COPPER DEPOSITS OF MISSOURI: USGS BULL. 267 , PP. 36 - 39

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1978 SHERWOOD, LIZ U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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