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Avon Prospect

Past Producer in Ste. Genevieve 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. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10010089
MRDS ID D003571
Record type Site
Current site name Avon Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -90.21621, 37.75506 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Ste. Genevieve(county)

Missouri(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Coffman(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Farmington(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Rolla(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Mississippi-Cape Girardeau(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 Ste. Genevieve

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
5th Principal 035N 007E 12 NE Missouri

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Ocher Gangue
Pyrite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -90.21621, 37.75506
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Farmington Anticline

Ore body information

  • Thickness 0.61M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1848

Mining district

District name Southeast Missouri

Comments on development

  • 1848

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HEYL, A.V., BROCK, M.R., JOLLY, J.L., AND WELLS, C.E., 1965 , REGIONAL STRUCTURE OF THE SOUTHEAST MISSOURI AND ILLINOIS-KENTUCKY MINERAL DISTRICTS, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 1202-B, P. B1-B20.

  • Deposit

    WINSLOW, ARTHUR 1894 , LEAD AND ZINC DEPOSITS: MISSOURI GEOLOGICAL SURVEY V. 6 AND 7 , P. 676 .

  • Production

    WINSLOW, ARTHUR, 1894 , MISSOURI GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, V. 7 , P. 676

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1979 Sherwood, Liz U.S. Geological Survey

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