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Myers 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. 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 10010947
MRDS ID D005041
Record type Site
Current site name Myers Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -91.59181, 37.16924 (WGS84)
Elevation 207
Relative position LOCATED 5 1/2 MILES N.E. OF GREENVILLE.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Shannon(county)

Missouri(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Summersville NE(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 029N 006E 20 E2 OF SE Missouri

Comments on the location information

  • SITUATED NEAR THE WEST END OF A HIGH HILL

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limonite Ore
Goethite Gangue

Analytical data

Result THE AVERAGE ANALYSES OF THE SHIPPED ORE SHIPPED FROM THIS CUT SHOWS 49.23% IRON, 13.59% SILICA, 0.059% PHOS., 0.064% MN, AND 4.00% MOISTURE.

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -91.59181, 37.16924
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 6.1M
    Depth to top 0M

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 Wayne Iron And Lumber Co.
    Home office Greenville, Mo.

Comments on the production information

  • CUMULATIVE PROD. GRADE CONT.: 13.59% SILICA, 0.059% P, 0.64% MN, 4.00% MOISTURE.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 4.047HA
    Overall depth 6.1M
    Overall length 18.29M
    Overall width 9.14M

Comments on the workings information

  • DEVELOPMENTS CONSIST OF A MAIN OPEN CUT 60 FT LONG, 30 FT WIDE, AND 20 FT DEEP, AND 15 SHALLOW PITS SCATTERED OVER THE AREA OF OUTCROP WHICH IS APPROXIMATELY TEN ACRES.

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: 0.75 MI WEST OF BURTON SWITCH. ORE IMPROVES WITH DEPTH. IT IS PROBABLE THAT THE DEPOSIT REPRESENTS A LARGE TONNAGE OF MERCHANTABLE ORE.

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. 378-9

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THIS ORE IS REMARKABLY FREE FROM BOTH CHERT AND SAND. IT IS A DENSE DARK BROWN ORE CONTAINING CAVITIES LINED WITH GOETHITE.

Reporter information

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

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