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White R. 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. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10101576
MRDS ID D005024
Record type Site
Current site name White R. Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -91.5682, 37.17229 (WGS84)
Relative position LOCATED 5 1/2 MILES N. OF GREENVILLE.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Shannon(county)

Missouri(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Summersville NE(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Missouri Wayne

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
5th Principal 029N 006E 19 NE OF SW OF NW OF SE Missouri

Comments on the location information

  • A DISCREPANCY OF ABOUT 2 MILES EXISTS BETWEEN THE ABOVE POSITION AND CRANE'S (1912) ORIGINAL LOCATION OF THIS MINE: NE 1/4, SW 1/4, AND NW 1/4, SE 1/4, SEC 19; IT IS SITUATED UPON THE CROWN OF A HIGH HILL.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limonite Ore
Chert Gangue
Clay Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Clay, Mud
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Chemical Sediment > Chert

Nearby scientific data

(1) -91.5682, 37.17229
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form BOULDERS
    Depth to top 0M

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 District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner R. White
    Home office Greenville, Mo.

Comments on the production information

  • FAIR GRADE

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall depth 3.05M
    Overall length 9.14M
    Overall width 4.57M

Comments on the workings information

  • DEVELOPMENTS CONSIST OF A MAIN OPEN CUT 30 FT. LONG, 15 FT WIDE, AND 10 FT DEEP, AND A PIT, 10 FOOT DEEP, 100 YARDS W. OF THE MAIN CUT.

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: ORE WAS HAULED BY WAGON TO BURTON SWITCH TWO MI TO THE EAST ON THE WILLIAMSVILLE, GREENVILLE AND ST. LOUIS RY.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CRANE, G.W., 1912 THE IRON ORES OF MISSOURI, MISSOURI BUR. OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, 2D SER., V. 10, P. 386-7

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE ORE OCCURS AS, LARGE, MASSIVE, POROUS BOULDERS WITH POT-LIKE CAVITIES EMBEDDED IN CLAY AND CHERT.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1980 Schneider, Norma J U.S. Geological Survey

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Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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