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Switchback Mine

Past Producer in Wayne 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. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10010939
MRDS ID D005031
Record type Site
Current site name Switchback Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -91.48986, 37.06563 (WGS84)
Elevation 183
Relative position LOCATED 4 MILES S.W. OF GREENVILLE.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Shannon(county)

Missouri(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bartlett(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Spring Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Rolla(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Current(hydrologic unit)

Upper White(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper White(hydrologic subregion)

Arkansas-White-Red(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Missouri Wayne

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
5th Principal 028N 005E 28 NE OF SW Missouri

Comments on the location information

  • SITUATED NEAR THE BASE OF THE NORTH SLOPE OF A CHERT COVERED HILL

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limonite Ore
Chert Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Chemical Sediment > Chert

Nearby scientific data

(1) -91.48986, 37.06563
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form BOULDERS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1909

Mining district

District name Southeast Missouri District

Comments on the production information

  • ABOUT TWO CAR LOADS OF ORE WAS SHIPPED DURING 1909.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall depth 2.13M
    Overall length 15.24M
    Overall width 12.19M

Comments on the workings information

  • A CUT 50 FT LONG, 40 FT WIDE, AND 6 FT DEEP AND A NARROW OPENING 100 FT TO THE EAST 40 FT LONG AND 7 FT DEEP.

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: ORE IS LOW GRADE AND IS NOT WELL ADAPTED TO WASHING. ORE WAS HAULED HALF A MILE TO THE WILLIAMSVILLE, GREENVILLE, AND ST. LOUIS RY.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CRANE, G.W., 1912 THE IRON ORES OF MISSOURI, MISSOURI BUR. OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, 2D SER., V. 10, P. 385

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE ORE OCCURS AS LARGE, POROUS, SILICIOUS BOULDERS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1980 Schneider, Norma J U.S. Geological Survey

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