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King Mine

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10101486
MRDS ID D003797
Record type Site
Current site name King Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -90.49872, 37.04785 (WGS84)
Relative position FOUR MILES SOUTHWEST OF OLD GREENVILLE AND HALF A MILE SOUTH OF THE SAWYER SWITCH.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Wayne(county)

Missouri(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Greenville SW(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Piedmont(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Rolla(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper St. Francis(hydrologic unit)

St. Francis(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Mississippi-St. Francis(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Mississippi(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 Wayne

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
5th Principal 028N 005E 34 W2 OF SW Missouri

Comments on the location information

  • SITUATED AT THE BASE OF A NORTH HILL SLOPE AND NEAR THE HEAD OF A DEEP RAVINE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chert Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Chemical Sediment > Chert

Nearby scientific data

(1) -90.49872, 37.04785
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form PIPE AND BOULDERS

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 The Wayne Iron And Lumber Co. ( 1912 )

Production statistics

  • Year 1909
    Material ORE FE
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^55.41 % Iron, 7.55 % Silica, 0.074 % Phosphorus, 0.08 % Manganese, And 3.0 % Moisture
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Phosphorus-Phosphates Phosphorus 0wt-pct
    Silica Silica 8wt-pct
    Major Ore Iron Iron 55wt-pct
    Manganese Manganese 0wt-pct

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall length 30.48M
    Overall width 21.34M

Comments on the workings information

  • IRREGULAR OPEN PIT IS 20 FT. DEEP, 100 FT. LONG, AND 70 FT. WIDE.

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: THE ORE WAS HAULED BY WAGON HALF A MILE AND LOADED AT SAWYER SWITCH ( 1912 ). THE DIRT ON THE DUMP CONTAINS A LARGE PROPORTION OF ORE WHICH IS IN VERY SMALL FRAGMENTS AND CAN BE SAVED ONLY BY WASHING.

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. 359

  • Production

    CRANE, G. W., 1912 , THE IRON ORES OF MISSOURI: MISSOURI BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, 2D SER., V. 10 , P. 359 .

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MUCH OF THE ORE CONSISTS OF LARGE BUNDLES OF SLENDER, PARALLEL PIPES, ABOUT THE SIZE OF KNITTING NEEDLES, WHICH SLACK AND CRUMBLE INTO VERY SMALL FRAGMENTS ON EXPOSURE.

Reporter information

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

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