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O'Keefe Mine, No. 2

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. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10010945
MRDS ID D005039
Record type Site
Current site name O'Keefe Mine, No. 2

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -91.39707, 37.01313 (WGS84)
Elevation 189
Relative position LOCATED ABOUT ONE MILE N.E. OF GRANITE BEND STATION.

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)

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 Wayne

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
5th Principal 027N 004E 02 SW OF SW Missouri

Comments on the location information

  • SITUATED UPON THE TOP OF A HIGH RIDGE AT AN ELEVATION OF ABOUT 300 FEET ABOVE THE BLACK RIVER

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limonite Ore
Chert Gangue
Clay Gangue

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -91.39707, 37.01313
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form BOULDERS

Comments on the geologic information

  • CHERTY CLAY OVERLIES ROUBIDOUX SANDSTONE

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 District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner P. O'Keefe
    Home office Granite Bend, Mo.

Comments on the production information

  • ONE CAR LOAD OR MORE OF ORE HAS BEEN MINED.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.405HA

Comments on the workings information

  • DEVELOPMENTS CONSIST OF TWO SMALL CUTS 15 TO 20 FEET IN DIAMETER.

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. 380

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE ORE IS PRIMARY LIMONITE AND OCCURS EMBEDDED IN A CHERTY RED CLAY OVERLYING THE ROUBIDOUX SANDSTONE. SOME OF THE ORE CONTAINS CHERT AND A FEW GRAINS OF SAND.

Reporter information

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

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