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Slater Mine

Past Producer in Shannon county in Missouri, United States with commodity Copper
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  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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Ownership information
  13. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10010058
MRDS ID D003531
Record type Site
Current site name Slater Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -91.33235, 37.14479 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Shannon(county)

Missouri(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Eminence(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 Shannon

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
5th Principal 029N 004W 36 NW OF NE Missouri

Comments on the location information

  • 1 1/2 MILES EAST OF EMINENCE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcocite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Cuprite Ore
Malachite Ore
Calcite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
    Rock unit name Eminence
    Rock description Eminence
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -91.33235, 37.14479
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Contact Rhyolite Porphyry And Eminence Fm

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1837
Discoverer George Smith

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Casey Co. ( 1930 )

Comments on the production information

  • WILLIAMS STATES 1500 TONS ORE WERE PRODUCED BY MR. SLATER. PHILLIPS STATES PRIOR TO 1874 - 160 TONS PIG COPPER HAS BEEN MADE AT THE SHAWNEE FURNACE-BUT IT IS NOT CLEAR IF THIS WAS ALL MINED BY MR. SLATER. OTHER MINE REPORTS GIVE 75 TON FIGURE.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall depth 60.96M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BRIDGE, JOSIAH, 1930 , GEOLOGY OF THE EMINENCE AND CARDAREVA QUADRANGLES: MO. BUREAU OF GEOL. AND MINES, VOL. XXIV, SECOND SERIES, PP 169 - 175

Reporter information

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

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