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Arthur Mines

Past Producer in Crawford county in Missouri, United States with commodity Lead
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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10010070
MRDS ID D003545
Record type Site
Current site name Arthur Mines

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -91.3982, 37.83923 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Crawford(county)

Missouri(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cook Station(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Rolla(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Rolla(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Meramec(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 Crawford

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
5th Principal 036N 004W 17,18 Missouri

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION PLOTTED AT SECTION LINE SHARED BY SECTIONS 17 AND 18

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Clay, Mud
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • LIMESTONE IS ENTIRELY FREE FROM CHERT

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1863

Mining district

District name Southeast Missouri

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WINSLOW, A. 1894 LEAD AND ZINC DEPOSITS OF MISSOURI MO. GEOL. SURV. V. 7 P. 685

  • Production

    WINSLOW, ARTHUR, 1894 , MO. GEOL. SURV. V. 7 , P. 685 .

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit LEAD ORE WAS TAKEN FROM THE SURFACE CLAY. THE LIMESTONE HAS OCCASIONAL SPECKS OF DISSEMINATED GALENA.

Reporter information

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

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