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Old Copper Mines

Past Producer in Madison county in Missouri, United States with commodities Lead, Copper, Cobalt, Nickel, Iron
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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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10010080
MRDS ID D003559
Record type Site
Current site name Old Copper Mines

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -90.3326, 37.59535 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Madison(county)

Missouri(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Fredericktown(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Missouri Madison

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
5th Principal 033N 006E 01 NW Missouri

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Copper Primary
Cobalt Critical Secondary
Nickel Critical Secondary
Iron Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Linnaeite Ore
Malachite Ore

Analytical data

Result ANALYSIS OF GALENA GAVE 1.68 % NI, 0.63 % CO.

Nearby scientific data

(1) -90.3326, 37.59535
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Mine La Motte, Southeast Missouri

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Analytical Data

    SRC.REF: KEYES, CHARLES ROLLIN, 1895 , MO. GEOL. SURV. 1ST SER., V. 9 , SHEET REPORT 4 , P. 82 .

  • Deposit

    KEYES, C.R. 1896 A REPORT ON MINE LA MOTTE SHEET INCLUDING PORTIONS OF MADISON, ST. FRANCOIS AND STE. GENEVIEVE COUNTIES: MO. GEOL. SURV. 1 ST SER. V. 9 SHEET REPORT 4 P. 78 - 79 , 82

Reporter information

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

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