Kelly Mine No. 3

Occurrence in Phelps county in Missouri, United States with commodities Iron, Copper
Sections on this page
  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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10010189
MRDS ID D003756
Record type Site
Current site name Kelly Mine No. 3

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -91.62847, 37.86756 (WGS84)
Relative position THREE MILES SOUTHWEST OF DECAMP.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Phelps(county)

Missouri(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Lecoma(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 Phelps

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
5th Principal 036N 006W 06 SW Missouri

Comments on the location information

  • SITUATED NEAR THE BASE OF A RIDGE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limonite Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -91.62847, 37.86756

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Southeast Missouri

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: THE MINE WAS APPARENTLY OPENED WITH THE EXPECTATION OF DEVELOPING A COMMERCIAL BODY OF COPPER ORE.

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. 294

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE SMALL AMOUNT OF ORE MINED CONSISTED OF RED HEMATITE AND A SMALL AMOUNT OF LIMONITE. THIN SEAMS OF COPPER CARBONATE CUT ACROSS THE ORE BODY.
Deposit NO PRODUCTION FIGURES WERE LISTED. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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