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Lenox 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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10010149
MRDS ID D003703
Record type Site
Current site name Lenox Mine
Alternate or previous names Lennox Bank

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -91.61264, 37.64812 (WGS84)
Relative position 4 1/2 MILES WEST 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 006W 034N 17 NE OF SE Missouri

Comments on the location information

  • SITUATED ON THE WEST BANK OF A SMALL STREAM.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limonite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -91.61264, 37.64812
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • QUARTZITE-CHERT BRECCIA BEDS ON NORTH AND SOUTH WALLS OF PIT DIP TOWARD CENTER OF PIT WHILE SANDSTONE BEDS ON EAST WALL OF PIT ARE VERTICAL.

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/Underground
    Overall depth 13.72M
    Overall length 32M
    Overall width 32M

Comments on the workings information

  • DEVELOPMENTS CONSIST OF A CIRCULAR PIT 105 FT. IN DIAMETER AND 37 FT. IN MAXIMUM DEPTH. AN 8-FT. SHAFT WAS SUNK AT THE BOTTOM OF PIT AND HAD A SMALL DRIFT EXTENDING WEST THROUGHT THE ORE.

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: THERE IS NO RIM ROCK AND IT IS PROBABLE THAT THE PRESENT OUTLINES OF THE PIT REPRESENT THE LATERAL EXTENT OF THE ORE BODY. APPARENTLY THE DEPOSIT HAS NOT BEEN WORKED TO ITS ULTIMATE DEPTH. (CRANE, G.W., 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. 228

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE MINE HAS PRODUCED SEVERAL HUNDRED TONS OF RED AND SPECULAR HEMATITES ( CRANE, G. W., 1912 ). ; 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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