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O'Keefe Mine No. 1

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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Production statistics
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10101487
MRDS ID D003803
Record type Site
Current site name O'Keefe Mine No. 1

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -90.57705, 37.00979 (WGS84)
Relative position TWO MILES EAST OF GRANITE BEND

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Wayne(county)

Missouri(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Piedmont SE(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Piedmont(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Rolla(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Black(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 Wayne

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
5th Principal 027N 004E 12 NE OF NW Missouri

Comments on the location information

  • SITUATED NEAR THE HEAD OF A SMALL NORTHWEST PITCHING RAVINE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Marcasite Ore
Chert Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) The Ore Occurs In Large Boulders Which Very Frequently Show Cores Of Unaltered Marcasite.

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) Gasconade Dolomite
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form 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 P. O'Keefe ( 1912 )

Production statistics

  • Year 1910
    Material ORE FE
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^53.75 % Iron, 9.72 % Silica, 0.067 % Phosphorus, 0.14 % Manganese, And 3.00 % Moisture
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Manganese Manganese 0wt-pct
    Phosphorus-Phosphates Phosphorus 0wt-pct
    Silica Silica 10wt-pct
    Major Ore Iron Iron 54wt-pct

Comments on the production information

  • ANNUAL PRODUCTION FIGURES ARE FOR O'KEEFE MINE NO. 1 AND O'KEEFE MINE NO. 3 . (SEVERAL CAR LOADS HAVE BEEN MINED AND SHIPPED FROM O'KEEFE MINE NO. 1 .)

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall length 15.24M
    Overall width 15.24M

Comments on the workings information

  • CONSISTS OF ONE LARGE CUT 50 FEET IN DIAMETER AND 18 FEET DEEP.

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: THE ORE WAS HAULED BY WAGON TO WILLIAMSVILLE, A DISTANCE OF ABOUT FOUR MILES.

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. 363

  • Production

    CRANE, G. W., 1912 , THE IRON ORES OF MISSOURI: MISSOURI BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, 2D SER., V. 10 , P. 363 .

Reporter information

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

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