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Kelly Mine No. 2

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. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10010188
MRDS ID D003755
Record type Site
Current site name Kelly Mine No. 2
Alternate or previous names Kelley Mine No. 2

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -91.80876, 37.91895 (WGS84)

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 21 NE Missouri

Comments on the location information

  • ONE OPENING IS ON THE SUMMIT AND ANOTHER ON THE EASTERN SLOPE OF A HILL.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Materials information

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

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Clay, Mud
    Rock unit name Sandstone
    Rock description Sandstone
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Chemical Sediment > Chert

Nearby scientific data

(1) -91.80876, 37.91895
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR MASS AND BOULDERS

Comments on the geologic information

  • LAYERS OF CLAY, BROKEN CHERT, AND FERRUGINOUS SANDSTONE DIP SOUTHEAST. CARBONATE OF IRON CEMENTS THE BROKEN CHERT.

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

Comments on the workings information

  • TWO CUTS, LOWER CUT IN HEMATITE, UPPER CUT IN LIMONITE.

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. 293 - 294 .

  • Deposit

    NASON, FRANK L., 1892 , A REPORT ON THE IRON ORES OF MISSOURI: MISSOURI GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, 1ST SER., V. 2 , P. 321 , 227 .

  • Production

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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit HEMATITE MASS CONTAINS THIN VEINS AND SMALL POCKETS OF CRYSTALLINE CARBONATES OF IRON. LARGE MASS OF LOOSE GRAY ROCK ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE CUT CONTAINS SINGLE CRYSTALS OF PYRITE AND VEINS OF CARBONATE OF IRON. THE UPPER CUT CONTAINS A BED OF BOULDERS OF LIMONITE, SOME SIX INCHES IN DIAMETER, IMBEDDED IN LOAM WITHOUT CHERT.
Deposit CARBONATES OF IRON ARE FOUND AS CEMENT OF BROKEN CHERT. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

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

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