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Past Producer in Cherokee county in Kansas, United States with commodities Lead, Zinc
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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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Mineral rights holdings
  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 10121690
MAS/MILS ID 0200210039
Record type Site
Current site name Unknown
Alternate or previous names Weyman Bonanza

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -94.65714, 37.08447 (WGS84)
Elevation 258
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cherokee(county)

Kansas(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Baxter Springs(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Joplin(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Joplin(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Spring(hydrologic unit)

Neosho(hydrologic accounting unit)

Neosho-Verdigris(hydrologic subregion)

Arkansas-White-Red(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Kansas Cherokee

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 035 S 022 E 15 C NWNW Kansas

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Calcite Unknown
Chalcopyrite Unknown
Chert Unknown
Dolomite Unknown
Galena Unknown
Marcasite Unknown
Pyrite Unknown
Quartz Unknown
Sphalerite Unknown

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 4M
    Length 200M
    Width 50M
    Area 3HA
    Depth to top 103M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 BRECCIA FILL
    Shape of Orebody #1 OTHER
    Type of Orebody #2 DISSEMINATED
    Shape of Orebody #2 TABULAR
    Type of Orebody #3 REPLACEMENT
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Primary Ore Control FRACTURING
    Secondary Ore Control CONTACT ZONE
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. INTENSE
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 SILICIFICATION
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #2 DOLOMITIZATION
    Minimum Depth to Top 95
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 5
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Total Surface Area (HA) 3
    Date of Last Modification 780703

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1944
Year of first production 1885

Mining district

District name Tri State

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Fee Ownership

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Darwin I. Mead,Sr.
    Interest 100
    Home office Kansas
    Year 1976

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 85M
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method PROPOSED
    Mining Method ROOM AND PILLAR 10-34
    Swell Factor .59
    Percent Waste Rock 5
    Hardness of Rock SOFT NONPLASTIC FISSURED MODERATE WATER
    Rock Characteristics MULTIPLE SYSTEMS OF WEAKNESS PLANES
    Rock Support Chars. SUPPORTING MAY BACK SLAB
    Mine Support Chars. POST, HEADBOARD, CAPS, ROOF BOLTS
    Number of Shafts 1
    1st Condition of Workings NO MINE ENTRY
    Capacity 900
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Operating Days per Year 250
    Operating Shifts per Day 2
    Year of Information 1977

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USBM FILE 15-168 ZINC-LEAD DEPOSITS IN HORIZONS BELOW THE GR

  • Deposit

    FALLS CHERT, GALENA DISTRICT, CHEROKEE COUNTY, KANSAS

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES FILE 15-84 AND 15-162 CONFIDENTIAL SECT

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES R.I. 4337, INVESTIGATION OF THE MELROSE

  • Deposit

    LEAD DISTRICT, OTTAWA COUNTY, OKLAHOMA AND CHEROKEE COUNTY,

  • Deposit

    SEPT., 1948.

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES R.I. 4811, INVESTIGATION OF THE MELROSE

  • Deposit

    LEAD DISTRICT, CHEROKEE COUNTY, KANSAS.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THIS MINE IS A PART OF THE GALENA DISTRICT BACK-UP FILE RECORD 010 COLUMN 44 NO CURRENT MINING LEASES. PRIVATE OWNER RECORD 060 SHALE IS NOT A PART OF THE BOONE FORMATION, BUT IMPORTANT TO LOCALIZATION OF ORE BODIES RECORD 080 COLUMNS 59-62 AND 69-71 STRIKE AND DIP NOT APPLI TO STRATIFORM TYPE ORE DEPOSITS GRADE AND TONNAGE MATRIX INFORMATION FROM FILE 15-162. 900 TPD IS THE ESTIMATED MINE CAPACITY FOR THE ENTIRE MELROSE BLOCK. RECORD 120 COLUMNS 64-76 NO RELIABLE INFORMATION AVAILABLE RECORD 151-152 PERCENT RECOVERY BASED ON EXTRAPOLATION OF C RECOVERIES IN THE VIBURNUM TREND AND ESTIMATES OF DR. ROGER CLIFFORD (UMR) RECORD 151 COLUMNS 64-69 PLANT CAPACITY BASED ON 10 YEAR MIL RECORD 151 COLUMNS 70-80 NO RELIABLE INFORMATION AVAILABLE. RECORD 140 ORE TO BE HOISTED AT THE MINE AND TRUCKED TO PARK MILL. CONNOR-STONE LEASE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-FEB-1984 Lewis, J.D. U.S. Bureau of Mines

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