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Burton 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. Production statistics
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10010970
MRDS ID D005077
Record type Site
Current site name Burton Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -91.59903, 37.16757 (WGS84)
Elevation 229
Relative position LOCATED 6 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 21 W2 OF SW Missouri

Comments on the location information

  • SITUATED UPON THE CREST OF A HIGH, CHERT COVERED HILL

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limonite Ore
Chert Gangue
Clay Gangue

Analytical data

Result THE MINE GAVE RETURNS OF 47.51% IRON, 15.31% SILICA, 0.058% PHOS. 1.24% MN., AND 4.0% MOISTURE.

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -91.59903, 37.16757
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form BOULDERS
    Depth to top 0M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1907

Mining district

District name Southeast Missouri District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Wayne Iron And Lumber Co.
    Home office Greenville, Mo.

Production statistics

  • Year 1912
    Period 1907-1912
    Accuracy Accurate
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Iron Iron 48wt-pct

Comments on the production information

  • CUMULATIVE PROD. GRADE CONT.: 15.31% SILICA, 0.058% P, 1.24% MN, 4.0% MOISTURE. 680 TONS OF BROWN ORE HAVE BEEN MINED AND SHIPPED

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall depth 4.57M
    Overall length 30.48M
    Overall width 21.34M

Comments on the workings information

  • DEVELOPMENTS CONSIST OF AN OPEN CUT 100 FEET LONG, 70 FEET WIDE, AND 15 FEET DEEP.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CRANE, G.N., 1912 THE IRON ORES OF MISSOURI, MISSOURI BUR. OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, 2D SER., V.10, P.372

  • Production

    CRANE, 1912, P. 372

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit NEAR THE SURFACE THIS ORE OCCURS IN SMALL FRAGMENTS MIXED WITH SURFACE CLAY. WITH DEPTH IT BECOMES NEARLY SOLID, OCCURRING IN LARE MASSIVE BOULDERS WITH VERY LITTLE INTERMIXED CLAY. LOCALLY IT HAS A DARK BLUISH COLOR DUE TO THE PRESENCE OF OXIDE OF MANGANESE.

Reporter information

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

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