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Hayes 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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Land status
  12. Ownership information
  13. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10010146
MRDS ID D003699
Record type Site
Current site name Hayes Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -91.50125, 37.632 (WGS84)
Relative position 2 MILES EAST OF SALEM

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Dent(county)

Missouri(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Salem(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 005W 034N 20 NE Missouri

Comments on the location information

  • SITUATED NEAR THE CREST OF A LOW HILL.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Roubidoux
    Rock description Roubidoux
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Chemical Sediment > Chert

Nearby scientific data

(1) -91.50125, 37.632
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • SANDSTONE DIPS SHARPLY TOWARDS THE PIT FROM THE NORTHWEST.

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 Martha Woodside, Mrs. Peck, Sligo Furnace Co.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall depth 9.14M
    Overall length 33.53M
    Overall width 27.43M

Comments on the workings information

  • PIT AND CUT

Comments on development

  • THE ORE BODY HAS APPARENTLY BEEN EXHAUSTED. EXTENSIVE PROSPECTING IN THE IMMEDIATE VICINITY HAS FAILED TO SHOW THE PRESENCE OF MORE ORE (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. 227 .

  • Deposit

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

  • Production

    NASON, F.L., 1982, MISSOURI GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, 1ST SER., V. 2, P. 319. CRANE, G.W., 1912, MISSOURI BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, 2D SER. V. 10, P. 227.

Reporter information

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

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