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Brady Mine

Past Producer in Phelps 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. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10101475
MRDS ID D003744
Record type Site
Current site name Brady Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -91.58042, 37.80534 (WGS84)
Relative position ONE MILE WEST OF CLINTON SWITCH.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Phelps(county)

Missouri(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Seaton(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Rolla(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Rolla(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Meramec(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 Phelps

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
5th Principal 036N 006W 27 SW Missouri

Comments on the location information

  • SITUATED ON THE SOUTH FACE OF A GENTLE SLOPE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Clay Gangue

Analytical data

Result AVERAGE SAMPLE: 62.66 % IRON AND 0.026 % PHOSPHORUS.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Clay, Mud
    Rock unit name Ord
    Rock description Ord
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Chemical Sediment > Chert

Nearby scientific data

(1) -91.58042, 37.80534
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LAYER

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE ORE BODY WAS ENCLOSED BY STRATIFIED CLAY HAVING A GENERAL DIP TOWARDS THE CENTER OF THE PIT ( CRANE, G. W., 1912 ). SANDSTONE IS EXPOSED 100 YD. TO THE SOUTH.

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 P. G. Will ( 1912 )

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • THE DEPOSIT HAS THE APPEARANCE OF BEING PRACTICALLY EXHAUSTED ( CRANE, G. W., 1912 ).

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall depth 7.62M
    Overall length 60.96M
    Overall width 45.72M

Comments on the workings information

  • THE PIT AND SEVERAL SHAFTS. SHAFTS NOT IN ORE.

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: THE DEPOSIT HAS THE APPEARANCE OF BEING PRACTICALLY EXHAUSTED. SHAFTS CLOSE TO THE PIT FAILED TO FIND ORE (CRANE, G.W., 1912).

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Analytical Data

    SRC.REF: CRANE, G. W., 1912 , MISSOURI BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, 2ND SER., V. 10 , P. 290 .

  • Deposit

    CRANE, G. W., 1912 , THE IRON ORES OF MISSOURI: MISSOURI BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, 2ND SER., V. 10 , P. 290

  • Production

    CRANE, G. W., 1912 , MISSOURI BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, 2ND SER., V. 10 , P. 290 .

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THIS MINE WAS OPERATED PRIOR TO 1892 , PRODUCING BETWEEN TWO AND THREE THOUSAND TONS OF ORE. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

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

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