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Einstein Mine

Past Producer in Madison county in Missouri, United States with commodities Lead, Silver, Tungsten, 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. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10171901
MAS/MILS ID 0291230002
Record type Site
Current site name Einstein Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -90.4426, 37.55727 (WGS84)
Elevation 222
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Madison(county)

Missouri(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Rhodes Mountain(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)

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 Madison

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
5th Principal 033 N 005 E 12 W2W2SE Missouri

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Tertiary
Silver Tertiary
Tungsten Critical Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Arsenopyrite Unknown
Cassiterite Unknown
Chalcopyrite Unknown
Chlorite Unknown
Covellite Unknown
Fluorite Unknown
Galena Unknown
Goethite Unknown
Hematite Unknown
Malachite Unknown
Mica Unknown
Pyrite Unknown
Quartz Unknown
Scheelite Unknown
Sericite Unknown
Sphalerite Unknown
Stolzite Unknown
Topaz Unknown
Wolframite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -90.4426, 37.55727
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N90W
    Dip 55S
    Thickness 2M
    Length 300M
    Width 2M
    Area 5HA
    Depth to top 0M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 SHEAR ZONE
    Shape of Orebody #1 LENTICULAR
    Type of Orebody #2 REPLACEMENT
    Shape of Orebody #2 IRREGULAR
    Type of Orebody #3 DISSEMINATED
    Shape of Orebody #3 TABULAR
    Primary mode of Origin OTHER
    Secondary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Primary Ore Control FAULTING
    Secondary Ore Control IGNEOUS
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. INTENSE
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 OTHER
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #2 SERICITIC
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #3 PYRITIZATION
    Strike And Dip N90W:55S
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Total Surface Area (HA) 5
    Date of Last Modification 790329

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 1877

Mining district

District name Silver Mine Are

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Private Lease

Land status

Ownership category State Park

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner State Of Missouri (As) Silver Mines State Park
    Interest 100
    Home office Missouri
    Year 1978

Comments on the ownership information

  • MISSOURI AS A PART OF SILVER MINES STATE PARK. NO PROSPECTING IS PERMITTED ON THIS LAND.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • ACTUAL ORE TONNAGE IS LESS THAN ONE THOUSAND TONS (250 TONS).

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 900M
    Overall depth 10M
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method ACTUAL
    Mining Method GLORY HOLE 10-37
    Percent Waste Rock 5
    Hardness of Rock HARDROCK FISSURED WITH MODERATE WATER
    Rock Characteristics NO PLANES OF WEAKNESS
    Rock Support Chars. SUPPORTING WHEN DRY
    Mine Support Chars. CHEMICAL COATING
    Number of Shafts 1
    Length of Inclines (m) 700
    Slope of Inclines 40
    Number of Inclines 2
    Avg. Length of Adits (m) 100
    Number of Adits 2
    1st Condition of Workings CAVED AT PORTAL
    2nd Condition of Workings BAD AIR
    3rd Condition of Workings FLOODED
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Year of Information 1978

Comments on other economic factors

  • TRANSPO A-14 NOT COMPLETED. VERY LITTLE CONCENTRATE WAS EVER SOLD FROM THE SILVER MINES AREA. ONLY KNOWN BUYER WAS THE U.S. GOVERNMENT DURING WARS.

Reference information

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MINING SWELL FACTOR IS UNKNOWN. PERCENT WASTE ROCK VARIES DEPENDING ON VEIN WIDTH (IE. WIDER THE VEIN THE LESS THE WASTE ROCK). MINING MINING METHOD BEST DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWING THE VEIN. MINING MINE CAPACITIES AND COSTS HAVE NOT BEEN CALCULATED DUE TO SMALL TONNAGE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 13-MAY-1985 Lewis, J.D. U.S. Bureau of Mines

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