Mine La Motte

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 60001717
MRDS ID W016747
Record type District
Current site name Mine La Motte
Alternate or previous names Jack, Seed - Tick, Rattlesnake, Wildcat, Bluff, Hardscrabble, Copper Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -90.2809, 37.61336 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Madison(county)

Missouri(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Fredericktown(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Farmington(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Rolla(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper St. Francis(hydrologic unit)

St. Francis(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Mississippi-St. Francis(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Mississippi(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Missouri Madison

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Nickel Critical Secondary
Zinc Critical Secondary
Cobalt Critical Secondary
Copper Secondary
Silver Secondary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -90.2809, 37.61336

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description THE MAIN FAULT STRIKES N 62 DEG W AND DIPS 80 DEG NE IN THE WORKINGS AT THE LOWER LEVEL. IN THE UPPER LEVEL OF THE MINE, THE SAME FAULT STRIKES N 50 DEG W, WITH THE SAME DIP TO THE NORTHEAST.
Type of structure Regional
Structure description OZARK DOME, ST FRANCOIS MOUNTAINS, SIMMS MT. FAULT, BIG RIVER FAULT.

Controls for ore emplacement

  • FLANKS OF BURIED PRECAMBRIAN KNOBS NEAR PINCHOUTS OF LAMOTTE SANDSTONE; STRATIGRAPHY IN CERTAIN LIMESTONE AND SANDSTONE BEDS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Discovery year 1720
Discoverer M. La Motte

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner ROWLAND HAZARD
    Year 1875

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BAIN, H.F., AND ULRICH, E.O., 1905 , THE COPPER DEPOSITS OF MISSOURI, U.S.G.S. BULL., NO. 267 , P. 39 - 40 .

  • Deposit

    WINSLOW, ARTHUR, 1894, LEAD AND ZINC DEPOSITS: MISSOURI GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, V. 7, P. 646 - 659.

  • Deposit

    KIILSGAARD, T.H., HAYES, W.C., AND HEYL, A.V., 1967 , METALLIC MINERAL RESOURCES IN: MINERAL AND WATER RESOURCES OF MISSOURI, V. 43 , P. 51 .

  • Deposit

    KEYS, C.R., 1896, A REPORT ON MINE LA MOTTE SHEET, IN AREAL GEOLOGY OF MISSOURI: MISSOURI GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, V. 9, SHEET REPORT 4, 132 P.

Beyond USGS

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