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Red Hill Mine

Past Producer in Dent 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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10101468
MRDS ID D003710
Record type Site
Current site name Red Hill Mine
Alternate or previous names Red Mountain Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -91.25569, 37.49479 (WGS84)
Relative position 4 MILES NORTHWEST OF BUNKER

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Dent(county)

Missouri(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Loggers Lake(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)

Federal lands

Mark Twain National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Missouri Dent

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
5th Principal 003W 032N 03 S2 Missouri

Comments on the location information

  • SITUATED ON THE NORTH SIDE OF A RAVINE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limonite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Roubidoux
    Rock description Roubidoux
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician

Nearby scientific data

(1) -91.25569, 37.49479
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • SANDSTONE BEDS DIP TOWARDS THE CENTER OF OPEN CUT. CASCONADE DOLOMITE CROPS OUT AT A SLIGHTLY LOWER ELEVATION THAN THE PIT FLOOR BENEATHT THE SANDSTONE BEDS.

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

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner J. B. Gordon, L. B. Woodside, And J. E. Organ ( 1912 )

Comments on the production information

  • PPRODUCED ORE DURING THE OPERATION OF THE NEARBY NOVA SCOTIA FURNACE

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall depth 15.24M
    Overall length 64.01M
    Overall width 59.44M

Comments on the workings information

  • DIMENSIONS GIVEN ARE FOR THE OPEN CUT

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: HAS THE APPEARANCE OF HAVING BEEN NEARLY EXHAUSTED (CRANE, G.W., 1912). THE SMALL AMOUNT OF ORE REMAINING IN SIGHT IS TOO SILICEOUS TO BE OF VALUE. NEAR THE NOVA SCOTIA FURNACE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CRANE, G. W., 1912 , THE IRON ORES OF MISSOURI: MISSOURI BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, 2D SER., V. 10 , P. 230 .

  • Deposit

    NASON, FRANK L., 1892 , A REPORT ON THE IRON ORES OF MISSOURI: MISSOURI GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, 1ST SER., V. 2 , P. 320 .

  • Production

    NASON, FRANK L., 1892 , MISSOURI GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, 1ST SER., V. 2 , P. 320 .

Reporter information

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

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