Foster Mine

Past Producer in Madison county in Missouri, United States with commodity Iron
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Land status
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10219869
MAS/MILS ID 0291230034
Record type Site
Current site name Foster Mine
Alternate or previous names Foster Bank

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -90.2726, 37.54927 (WGS84)
Elevation 262
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

Fredericktown(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Missouri Madison

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
5th Principal 033 N 007 E 16 SWSENE Missouri

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -90.2726, 37.54927

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner North American Lead Co.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MGS NB 275 PG 24 MOORE 1873

  • Deposit

    MGS NB 449 PG 64-65 CRANE 1909

  • Deposit

    MGS VOL 2 PG 247 NASON 1892

  • Deposit

    MGS VOL 10 PG 267 CRANE 1912

  • Deposit

    MGS REPT FOR 1873-1874 PG 652 BROADHEAD 1874

  • Deposit

    ASCS PHOTO BLQ-1MM-129 5-14-71 1:20000 - 1 AC

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 18-NOV-83 Missouri Department Of Natural Resources --Searcy U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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