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James 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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10010193
MRDS ID D003762
Record type Site
Current site name James Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -91.60375, 37.97784 (WGS84)

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 038N 006W 29 S2 OF SE Missouri

Comments on the location information

  • SITUATED ON A LOW RIDGE, ON THE PLATEAU OF ST. JAMES, BETWEEN THE DRY FORK AND THE BOURBEUSE RIVERS

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -91.60375, 37.97784
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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

Comments on the workings information

  • PROBABLY AN OPEN CUT OR PIT

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: THIS MINE IS NEARLY WORDED OUT; THE BEST AND RICHEST ORES ARE ALL TAKEN OUT, AND THE WALLS AND THE BOTTOMS OF THE DEPOSITS ARE LAID BARE (NASON, FRANK L., 1892).

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. 295 .

  • 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 ORE WAS IN PART GREASY HEMATITE ENCLOSING LARGE BOULDERS OF SPECULAR ORE.

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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