Faguaher Diggings

Past Producer in Washington county in Missouri, United States with commodities Lead, Zinc
Sections on this page
  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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10101448
MRDS ID D003546
Record type Site
Current site name Faguaher Diggings

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -90.76929, 37.83756 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Washington(county)

Missouri(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Belgrade(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Farmington(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Rolla(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Big(hydrologic unit)

Upper Mississippi-Meramec(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Mississippi-Kaskaskia-Meramec(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Mississippi(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Missouri Washington

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
5th Principal 036N 002E 13 Missouri

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION PLOTTED AT CENTER OF SECTION 13

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Smithsonite Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -90.76929, 37.83756

Economic information

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

Comments on the workings information

  • ORE WAS MINED IN PART FROM OPENINGS IN THE ROCK

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WINSLOW, A. 1894 , LEAD AND ZINC DEPOSITS OF MISSOURI, MO. GEOL. SURV. V. 7 P. 681

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1979 Sherwood, Liz U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

External references