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Brown and Root Ore Block Xvii

Past Producer in Jasper county in Missouri, 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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10147111
MAS/MILS ID 0290970021
Record type Site
Current site name Brown and Root Ore Block Xvii

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -94.44963, 37.14367 (WGS84)
Elevation 293
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Jasper(county)

Missouri(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Webb City(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 Missouri Jasper

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
5th Principal 028 N 032 W 17 NESESW Missouri

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

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -94.44963, 37.14367
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 4M
    Length 250M
    Width 75M
    Depth to top 49M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 DISSEMINATED
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Type of Orebody #2 REPLACEMENT
    Type of Orebody #3 BRECCIA FILL
    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 44
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 5
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Date of Last Modification 780622

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1855
Year of first production 1908

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 Brown And Root Inc.
    Interest 100
    Home office Texas
    Year 1976

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 65000M
    Overall depth 65M
    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 4
    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 12
    1st Condition of Workings FLOODED
    Capacity 4320
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Operating Days per Year 250
    Operating Shifts per Day 1
    Year of Information 1977

Reference information

Reporter information

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

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