| Deposit ID | 10008775 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | D001148 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Silver Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | Einstein |
| Geographic coordinates: | -90.48344, 37.5334 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Relative position | ON ST. FRANCIS RIVER, 9 MILES WEST OF FREDRICKTOWN |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Madison(county)
Missouri(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Rhodes Mountain(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)
Federal lands
Mark Twain National Forest(National Forest)
National Forest FS(Type of land area)
FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Missouri | Madison |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5th Principal | 033N | 005E | 12 | SE OF SW | Missouri |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Tungsten Critical | Primary |
| Silver | Primary |
| Lead | Primary |
| Zinc Critical | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Sphalerite | Ore |
| Chalcopyrite | Gangue |
| Fluorite | Gangue |
| Lepidolite | Gangue |
| Pyrite | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Topaz | Gangue |
| Wolframite | Gangue |
| Zircon | Gangue |
| Result | SILVER CONTENTS FROM 56 ASSAYS RANGE FROM 1 TO 148 OZ TO THE TON |
|---|---|
| Result | AVERAGE OF 50 ASSAYS WAS 46 OZ TO THE TON. |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite | ||||
| |||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite |
| (1) | -90.48344, 37.5334 |
|---|
| Strike | S OF W |
|---|---|
| Dip | 45 TO 60 DEG S |
| Thickness | 0.61M |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1855 |
| Discoverer | Beaugholtz (Entered As Mineral Land) |
| Year of first production | 1875 |
| Ownership category | National Forest |
|---|
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Einstein Silver Mining Co. |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Knox And Einstein |
| Type of workings | Unknown |
|---|---|
| Overall depth | 54.86M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | D001148 |
SRC.REF: WINSLOW, ARTHUR, 1894 , LEAD AND ZINC DEPOSITS: MISSOURI GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, V. 7 , P. 702
LEMMON, D.M., UNPUBLISHED DATA.
LEMMON, D.M., AND TWETO, O.L., 1962, TUNGSTEN IN THE U.S., USGS MAP, MR-25.
TOLMAN, C., 1933, MISSOURI BUR. GEOL. AND MINES, 57TH BIEN. REPT., APPEND. 1.
KIILSGAARD, T.H., 1967 , METALLIC MINERAL RESOURCES IN: MINERAL AND WATER RESOURCES OF MISSOURI, VOL. 43 , 2ND SER., P. 72 .
5) WINSLOW, ARTHUR, 1894 , LEAD AND ZINC DEPOSITS: MISSOURI GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, V. 7 , P. 701 - 702 .
ITEMS 8 AND 9 : WINSLOW, ARTHUR, 1894 , MISSOURI GEOL SURVEY, V. 7 , P. 701 - 702 ; ITEM 10 : LEMMON, D. M., UNPUBLISHED DATA.
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-MAY-1973 | Elliott, James E. | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Updater | 01-OCT-1979 | Sherwood, Liz | U.S. Geological Survey |
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