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Buckland Mine

Past Producer in Phelps 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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10010180
MRDS ID D003745
Record type Site
Current site name Buckland Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -91.83459, 37.91145 (WGS84)
Relative position FOUR MILES SOUTHWEST OF ROLLA.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Phelps(county)

Missouri(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Rolla(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Rolla(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Rolla(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Gasconade(hydrologic unit)

Gasconade(hydrologic accounting unit)

Gasconade-Osage(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Mark Twain National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Missouri Phelps

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
5th Principal 037N 008W 20 NE OF SW Missouri

Comments on the location information

  • 1000 FT. SOUTH OF THE ST. LOUIS AND SAN FRANCISCO RAILROAD. SITUATED IN A RAVINE 120 FT. BELOW THE CRESTS OF THE ADJOINING HILLS.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Hematite Ore
Marcasite Ore
Clay Gangue
Pyrite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Clay, Mud

Nearby scientific data

(1) -91.83459, 37.91145
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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 Operator
    Owner Commercial Acid Co. ( 1912 ).
    Home office St. Louis, Mo.
  • Type Owner
    Owner John M. Hodgen ( 1912 )

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall depth 9.14M
    Overall length 45.72M
    Overall width 21.34M

Comments on the workings information

  • THE ELLIPTICAL PIT IS 30 FT. DEEP.

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: DEPOSIT IN THE PIT WAS EXHAUSTED. CONSIDERABLE MARCASITE OCCURS BELOW THE PIT FLOOR AS INDICATED BY TWO DRILL HOLES, ONE SHOWING 32 FT. OF MARCASITE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CRANE, G. W., 1912 , THE IRON ORES OF MISSOURI: MISSOURI BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, 2ND SER., V. 10 , P. 290 .

  • Deposit

    NASON, FRANK L., 1892 , A REPORT ON THE IRON ORES OF MISSOURI: MISSOURI GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, 1ST SER., V. 2 , P. 321 , 226 .

  • Deposit

    1912 DIREXPL COMMERCIAL ACID COMPANY OF ST. LOUIS, DRILLING SHOWED AS MUCH AS 32 FT. OF SULPHIDE

  • Production

    NASON, FRANK L., 1892 , MISSOURI GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, 1ST SER., V. 2 , P. 321 .

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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