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Hawkins Mine

Past Producer in Dent 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. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10010145
MRDS ID D003698
Record type Site
Current site name Hawkins Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -91.55764, 37.77034 (WGS84)
Relative position 2 1/2 MILES WEST OF BANGERT

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Dent(county)

Missouri(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Seaton(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 Dent

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
5th Principal 006W 035N 11 Missouri

Comments on the location information

  • SITUATED ON THE SOUTHERN EDGE OF A PLATEAU, CENTER OF SECTION 11.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limonite Ore
Clay Gangue
Pyrite Gangue

Analytical data

Result 52.86 % IRON, 8.28 % SILICA, 0.087 % PHOSPHORUS, 0.123 % SULPHUR, 2.58 % ALUMINA, 0.87 % LIME, AND 0.457 % MAGNESIA.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Chemical Sediment > Chert

Nearby scientific data

(1) -91.55764, 37.77034
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENTICULAR MASSES

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Broken Sandstone And Chert With Interstitial Specular Ore, Which Appears To Be Pseudomorphous After Pyrite.

Comments on the geologic information

  • THERE IS A GREAT DEAL OF SPECULAR ORE WHICH IS PLUMOSE AND BOTRYOIDAL, SEEMINGLY PSEUDOMORPHOUS AFTER PYRITE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1879
Year of last production 1907

Mining district

District name Southeast Missouri

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Jewel Iron Co. ( 1907 )
  • Type Owner
    Owner Powell, George W.
    First year 1912

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • DEPOSIT HAS THE APPEARANCE OF BEING PRACTICALLY EXHAUSTED ( CRANE, 1912 ).

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 62.48M
    Overall depth 32M
    Overall length 124.97M
    Overall width 91.44M

Comments on the workings information

  • PIT IS 60 FT. DEEP BUT IS REPORTED TO HAVE BEEN WORKED TO A DEPTH OF 90 FT. OVERALL LENGTH AND WIDTH ARE FROM THE PIT, WHICH WAS 200 FT. WIDE ON THE ENDS. LENGTH OF WORKINGS IS FROM THE 100-FT. SHAFT IN WHICH DRIFTS EXTENDED FROM THE 85-FT. LEVEL FOR 105 FT. NORTHEAST AND 100 FT SOUTH. DEPTH IS FROM THE SECOND SHAFT WHICH HAD A 20-FT. DRIFT EXTENDING SOUTH AT THE BOTTOM.

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. 226 - 227 .

  • Deposit

    NASON, FRANK L., 1892 , A REPORT ON THE IRON ORES OF MISSOURI: MISSOURI GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, 1ST SER., V. 2 , P. 319 , 221 .

  • Production

    ITEM 8 : CRANE, G. W., 1912 , MISSOURI BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, 2D SER., V. 10 , P. 227 . ITEM 9 : NASON, FRANK L., 1892 , MISSOURI GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, 1ST SER., V. 2 , P. 319 .

Reporter information

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

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