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Preston 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. 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 10010153
MRDS ID D003709
Record type Site
Current site name Preston Mine
Alternate or previous names Orchard and Young, Thorpe, Pittsburg

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -91.57597, 37.62312 (WGS84)
Relative position 3 1/2 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SALEM

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Dent(county)

Missouri(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Darien(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 27 N2 Missouri

Comments on the location information

  • SITUATED NEAR THE CREST OF A LOW HILL

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) Roubidoux Formation
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • THERE WAS NO WELL-DEFINED RIM-ROCK, ALTHOUGH A BAND OF SANDSTONE BLOCKS 150 FT. NORTH AND NORTHWEST OF THE PIT MAY BE A FORMER RIM.

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 M. A. Preston ( 1912 )

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall depth 6.71M
    Overall length 47.24M
    Overall width 36.58M

Comments on the workings information

  • PIT IS 22 FT. DEEP. FOUR SHAFTS WERE SUNK IN THE FLOOR OF THE PIT, BUT THEIR DEPTHS WERE UNKNOWN.

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: NUMEROUS TEST PITS HAVE BEEN SUNK IN THE SURROUNDING AREA BUT THE DUMPS SHOW NO ORE.

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. 230 .

  • Deposit

    NASON, F.L., 1892, MISSOURI GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, 1ST SER., V. 2, P. 319.

  • Production

    CRANE, G. W., 1912 , MISSOURI BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, 2D SER., V. 10 , P. 230 .

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit WASTE CONTAINS MUCH SPECULAR ORE IN THE FORM OF SMALL, ROUNDED PEBBLES.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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