Valle Mines District

Occurrence in St. Francois county in Missouri, United States with commodities Lead, Zinc
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  8. Mining district
  9. Bibliographic references

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 60000895
MRDS ID K003367
Record type District
Current site name Valle Mines District

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -90.50011, 38.01676 (WGS84)
Relative position PREVIOUS QUAD DESIGNATION = SAINT LOUIS 1:250000

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

St. Francois(county)

Missouri(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Vineland(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 St. Francois
United States Missouri Jefferson

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -90.50011, 38.01676

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic

Mining district

District name VALLE MINES DISTRICT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MCKNIGHT, E.T., NEWMAN, W.L., AND HEYL, A.V., JR. (COMPILERS), 1962, ZINC IN THE UNITED STATES, EXCLUSIVE OF ALASKA AND HAWAII: USGS MINERAL INV. RESOURCE MAP MR-19, SEPARATE TEXT, 18 P.

  • Deposit

    WINSLOW, ARTHUR, 1894, LEAD AND ZINC DEPOSITS (MISSOURI): MISSOURI GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, V. 7, P. 522-24, 531-33, 686-90.

Beyond USGS

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