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Casey Mine

Occurrence in Shannon county in Missouri, United States with commodity Copper
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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. Controls for ore emplacement
  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 10094274
MRDS ID D003555
Record type Site
Current site name Casey Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -91.35596, 37.17701 (WGS84)
Relative position ABOUT TWO MILES DUE NORTH OF EMINENCE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Shannon(county)

Missouri(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Eminence(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 Shannon

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
5th Principal 029N 004W 14 SE OF SW Missouri

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATED IN A SHALLOW SADDLE BETWEEN TWO DOLOMITE HILLS

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcocite Ore
Malachite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
    Rock unit name Gasconade;Van Buren
    Rock description Gasconade;Van Buren
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician

Nearby scientific data

(1) -91.35596, 37.17701
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Deposits Occur Along Bedding Planes And Always Beneath An Impervious Stratum. There Are A Few Vertical, Mineralized Fissures

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Southeast Missouri

Comments on the production information

  • NO SHIPMENTS APPEAR TO HAVE BEEN MADE

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • AT ONE TIME SEVERAL TONS OF CLEANED AND SORTED ORE WERE IN STORAGE AT THIS MINE

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 15.24M
    Overall depth 30.48M

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: THE MAIN SHAFT IS WITHIN A FEW FEET OF STATE HIGHWAY 19

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BRIDGE, J. 1930 GEOLOGY OF THE EMINENCE AND CARDAREVA QUADRANGLES: MO. BUR. GEOL. AND MINES, 2D SER, V. 24 P. 175 - 177

  • Deposit

    1919 DIREXPL REACHED A DEPTH OF 580 F

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE CASEY IS THE EXCEPTION AMONG THE SHANNON COUNTY COPPER PROSPECTS IN THAT THE ORE OCCURS IN THE DOLOMITES AND NOT AT THE DOLOMITE PORPHYRY CONTACT. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1978 Sherwood, Liz U.S. Geological Survey

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