Ozark Mine

Past Producer in Phelps county in Missouri, United States with commodity Iron
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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Land status
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10010194
MRDS ID D003763
Record type Site
Current site name Ozark Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -91.91293, 37.78728 (WGS84)
Relative position NINE MILES SOUTH OF NEWBURG

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Phelps(county)

Missouri(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Kaintuck Hollow(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 035N 009W 03 NW Missouri

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Analytical data

Result A SAMPLE OF MIXED ORE OCCURRING NEAR THE SURFACE RAN: 45.76 % IRON AND 0.042 % PHOSPHORUS

Nearby scientific data

(1) -91.91293, 37.78728

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1880

Mining district

District name Southeast Missouri

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Edward Pooley ( 1912 )

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCED A SMALL AMOUNT OF ORE.

Comments on the workings information

  • A SMALL OPEN PIT

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. 296

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.