Hilda Mine

Past Producer in Wayne county in Missouri, United States with commodity Iron
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. Materials information
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Land status
  12. Ownership information
  13. Production statistics
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10101579
MRDS ID D005076
Record type Site
Current site name Hilda Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -91.48653, 37.06451 (WGS84)
Relative position LOCATED 4 MILES S.W. OF GREENVILLE; TAKEN TO BE NEAR THE CENTER OF SW 1/4, SEC 5

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Shannon(county)

Missouri(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bartlett(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 Wayne

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
5th Principal 028N 005E 28 SW Missouri

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limonite Ore

Analytical data

Result THE ORE RAN 45.14% IRON, 20.26% SILICA, AND 0.14% MN.

Nearby scientific data

(1) Gasconade Dolomite

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1910

Mining district

District name Southeast Missouri District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Wayne Iron And Lumber Co.
    Home office Greenville, Mo.

Production statistics

  • Year 1910
    Period 1910
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^45.14% Fe
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Ore Iron Iron 45wt-pct

Comments on the production information

  • CUMULATIVE PROD. GRADE CONT.: 20.26% SILICA, 0.14% MN. ACCORDING TO RECORDS SUBMITTED BY THE ST. LOUIS BLAST FURNANCE COMPANY, 26 TONS OF ORE WERE MINED AND SHIPPED (1912).

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CRANE, G.N., 1912 THE IRON ORES OF MISSOURI, MISSOURI BUR. OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, 2D SER., V.10, P.375

  • Production

    CRANE, 1912, P. 375.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1980 Schneider, Norma J U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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