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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10010191
MRDS ID D003759
Record type Site
Current site name Meramec Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -91.53931, 37.95839 (WGS84)
Relative position LOCATED NEAR THE MERAMEC SPRINGS, SEVEN MILES SOUTHEAST OF ST. JAMES.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Phelps(county)

Missouri(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Maramec Spring(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 037N 006W 01 NW Missouri

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION PLOTTED AS CENTER OF NW1/4 , SECTION 1

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Clay Gangue

Analytical data

Result AVERAGE SAMPLE: 68.06 % IRON, 2.06 % SILICA, 0.040 % PHOSPHORUS, AND 0.00 % SULPHUR. RED ORE ALONE SHOWED 60.76 % IRON, 9.78 % SILICA, 0.051 % PHOSPHORUS, 0.126 % SULPHUR AND 0.00 % MN.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Clay, Mud
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Roubidoux Sandstone
    Rock description Roubidoux Sandstone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -91.53931, 37.95839
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 30.48M
    Depth to bottom 30.48M

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE TOP OF THE PIT IS NEAR THE CONTACT OF THE ROUBIDOUX AND GASCONADE FORMATIONS. THE ENCLOSING SINK STRUCTURE IS WELL OUTLINED ON THE EAST, NORTH, AND WEST BY STEEPLY DIPPING LEDGES OF SANDSTONE, WHICH HOST THE ORE BODY. ORE PASSES INTO CLAY AND SAND 100 FT. BELOW THE SURFACE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1826
Year of last production 1891

Mining district

District name Southeast Missouri

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Thomas James And Samuel Massey

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall depth 36.58M
    Overall length 68.58M
    Overall width 68.58M

Comments on the workings information

  • MAIN WORKINGS CONSISTED OF A CIRCULAR PIT 225 FT. IN DIAMETER AND 80 FT. DEEP. AT THE BOTTOM OF THE PIT WAS A SHAFT 40 FT DEEP.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Analytical Data

    SRC.REF: CRANE, G. W., 1912 , MISSOURI BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, 2ND SER., V. 10 , P. 294 - 295 .

  • Deposit

    CRANE, G. W., 1912 , THE IRON ORES OF MISSOURI: MISSOURI BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, 2ND SER., V. 10 , P. 294 - 295 .

  • Deposit

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

  • 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

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