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Clinton 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. 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 10101476
MRDS ID D003748
Record type Site
Current site name Clinton Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -91.56347, 37.80534 (WGS84)

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 26 SW OF SW Missouri

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATED A FEW YARDS WEST OF THE DECAMP BRANCH RAILROAD, SITUATED ON THE CREST OF A DIVIDE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Hematite Ore

Analytical data

Result AVERAGE ANALYSIS: 63.13 % IRON AND 0.048 % PHOSPHORUS.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -91.56347, 37.80534
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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

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner D. H. Smith ( 1912 )

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Unknown
    Overall depth 15.24M
    Overall length 60.96M
    Overall width 30.48M

Comments on the workings information

  • PIT IS ABOUT 50 FT. DEEP.

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: MINE IS A FEW YARDS WEST OF THE DECAMP BRANCH RAILWAY. DEPOSIT IS APPARENTLY EXHAUSTED (CRANE, 1912).

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Analytical Data

    SRC.REF: CRANE, G. W., 1912 , MISSOURI BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, 2ND SER., V. 10 , P. 291 .

  • Deposit

    CRANE, G. W., 1912 , THE IRON OES OF MISSOURI: MISSOURI BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, 2ND SER., V. 10 , P. 291 .

  • Deposit

    NASON, FRANK L., 1892 , A REPORT ON THE IRON ORES OF MISSOURI: MISSOURI GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, 1ST SER., V. 2 , P. 321 .

  • Production

    NASON, FRANK L., 1892 , MISSOURI GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, 1ST SER., V. 2 , P. 321 .

Reporter information

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

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