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Lambert Mine

Occurrence 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. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10010950
MRDS ID D005046
Record type Site
Current site name Lambert Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -91.68958, 37.21368 (WGS84)
Elevation 207
Relative position LOCATED 2 1/2 MILES N. OF HIRAM.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Texas(county)

Missouri(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Summersville(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 007E 05 NW OF SW Missouri

Comments on the location information

  • SITUATED NEAR THE CREST OF THE MAIN DIVIDE BETWEEN BEAR AND ANOTHER LARGE BRANCH OF THE CASTOR RIVER

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Tertiary

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) -91.68958, 37.21368
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form BOULDERS
    Thickness 2.44M
    Depth to top 0M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
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 workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF ONE LONG CUT AND THREE SMALL PITS WHICH WERE SUNK UPON A STRONG OUTCROP OF PRIMARY LIMONITE COVERING AN AREA OF SEVERAL ACRES NEAR THE CREST OF A DIVIDE. NO SHIPMENTS HAVE BEEN MADE. ONE CUT IS 40 FT WIDE.

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: A QUARTER OF A MILE WEST OF THE WILLIAMSVILLE, GREENVALE 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. 376

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE SURFACE ORE IS POROUS AND RATHER CHERTY, BUT THE AMOUNT OF CHERT PRESENT DIMINISHES WITH DEPTH.

Reporter information

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

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