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Rees Mine

Past Producer in Crawford county in Missouri, United States with commodity 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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Land status
  11. Ownership information
  12. Workings at the site
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10010137
MRDS ID D003685
Record type Site
Current site name Rees Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -91.34735, 37.80978 (WGS84)
Relative position THREE MILES NORTHEAST OF SLIGO ON EAST BANK OF CROOKED CREEK.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Crawford(county)

Missouri(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cherryville(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 004W 036N 27 E2 Missouri

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -91.34735, 37.80978
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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 Southeast Missouri

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Sligo Furnace Co.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall depth 4.57M
    Overall length 27.43M
    Overall width 12.19M

Comments on the workings information

  • PIT

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: THE PROPERTY WAS ABANDONED DUE TO FLOODING BY CROOKED CREEK. THERE IS NO OUTCROP AT THIS PLACE AND NO STRUCTURAL FEATURES FROM WHICH THE EXTENT OF THE ORE DEPOSIT CAN BE DETERMINED (CRANE, 1912)

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CRANE, G. W., 1912 , THE IRON ORES OF MISSOURI: MISSOURI BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, 2D SER., V. 10 , P. 219

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE MINE PRODUCED SEVERAL HUNDRED TONS OF SOFT, RED HEMATITE. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

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

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