Dry Bone Shaft

Occurrence in Washington county in Missouri, United States with commodities Lead, Zinc
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. Workings at the site
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10010074
MRDS ID D003550
Record type Site
Current site name Dry Bone Shaft

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -91.09513, 37.86756 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Washington(county)

Missouri(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Courtois(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)

Federal lands

Mark Twain National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Missouri Washington

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
5th Principal 036N 002W 01 NE Missouri

Comments on the location information

  • ABOUT HALF A MILE EAST OF THE JUMBO SHAFT

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Limonite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue

Nearby scientific data

(1) -91.09513, 37.86756

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Southeast Missouri

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 12.19M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WINSLOW, A. 1894 LEAD AND ZINC DEPOSITS OF MISSOURI, MO. GEOL. SURV. V. 7 P. 683

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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