| Deposit ID | 10147875 |
|---|---|
| MAS/MILS ID | 0291870008 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Iron Mountain Mine |
| Point of reference | Ore Body |
|---|---|
| Geographic coordinates: | -90.63481, 37.70506 (WGS84) |
| Elevation | 365 |
| Location accuracy | 1000(meters) |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
St. Francois(county)
Missouri(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Graniteville(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Farmington(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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Missouri | St. Francois |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5th Principal | 035 N | 004 E | 31 | N2 | Missouri |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Iron | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Actinolite | Unknown |
| Amphibole | Unknown |
| Andradite | Unknown |
| Apatite | Unknown |
| Barite | Unknown |
| Calcite | Unknown |
| Chalcopyrite | Unknown |
| Chlorite | Unknown |
| Dolomite | Unknown |
| Epidote | Unknown |
| Fluorite | Unknown |
| Galena | Unknown |
| Hematite | Unknown |
| Magnetite | Unknown |
| Pyrite | Unknown |
| Pyroxene | Unknown |
| Quartz | Unknown |
| Sericite | Unknown |
| Ore Body (1) | -90.63481, 37.70506 |
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| Thickness | 180M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Length | 390M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Width | 300M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Area | 400HA | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Depth to top | 30M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Operation type | Underground |
|---|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1803 |
| Year of first production | 1843 |
| District name | Missouri Brown Iron Belt |
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| Type of mineral rights | Fee Ownership |
|---|---|
| Type of mineral rights | Private Lease |
| Ownership category | Private |
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| Type | Owner-Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | M. A. Hanna Co. |
| Interest | 50 |
| Home office | Ohio |
| Year | 1978 |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | National Steel Corp. |
| Interest | 50 |
| Home office | Ohio |
| Year | 1978 |
| Type of workings | Underground | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Overall depth | 250M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0291870008 |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 13-MAY-1985 | Lewis, J.D. | U.S. Bureau of Mines |
Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.
| Status | Active since 04/09/2010 |
|---|---|
| MSHA mine ID | 2300210 |
| Mine name (MSHA) | Iron Mountain Quarry |
| Current operator | Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. |
| Current controller (parent) | Martin Marietta Materials Inc |
| Mine type | Surface (Metal / non-metal) |
Inferred by coordinate + name similarity (1189 m, 1.00 match). Confirm against MSHA if precision matters — non-USGS-curated cross-references may occasionally point at a neighbouring mine.
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