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Madison Mine

Past Producer in Madison county in Missouri, United States with commodities Cobalt, Copper, Sulfur-Pyrite, Lead, Nickel
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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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10219960
MRDS ID D003562
MAS/MILS ID 0291230004
Record type Site
Current site name Madison Mine
Alternate or previous names Fredericktown Mine
Related records 10010082

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -90.276, 37.547 (WGS84)
Elevation 252
Location accuracy 500(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 NESENW Missouri

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Cobalt Critical Primary
Copper Secondary
Sulfur-Pyrite Tertiary
Lead Secondary
Nickel Critical Secondary

Materials information

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

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -90.276, 37.547
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 5M
    Length 4250M
    Width 1500M
    Area 200HA
    Depth to top 106M
    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 LITHOLOGY
    Secondary Ore Control CONTACT ZONE
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. MODERATE
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 DOLOMITIZATION
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #2 SILICIFICATION
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #3 PYRITIZATION
    Strike And Dip N10S:
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 20
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Total Surface Area (HA) 200
    Date of Last Modification 810825

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant Yes
Discovery year 1847
Mining method Open Stope - Room and Pillar
Year of first production 1944
Milling method Flotation

Mining district

District name Southeast Mo

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Private Lease

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Anschutz Mining Corp.
    ID 2301770
    Interest 100
    Home office Colorado
    Year 1983

Comments on the production information

  • THE OUTPUT QUANTITY AND THE GRADE OF THE H2SO4 PRODUCED FROM CONCENTRATE REFINING ARE IGNORED. ON USBM MAFO SUGGESTION, THIS SUBSTANCE WOULD NOT BE ACCOUNTED FOR IN THE FINANCIAL ANALYSIS OF THE PROPERTY.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • BASED ON ANSCHUTZ CORP, MADISON PROJECT COBALT PRESENTATION TO OMB, 2/11/81
  • ANSCHUTZ ESTIMATE OF POSSIBLE ORE. TONNAGES AND GRADES FROM AN ANSCHUTZ CORP. REPORT, DATED 1981.Data was proprietary in original US Bureau of Mines database and not migrated to MRDS.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method PROPOSED
    Capacity 3447
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Unit Production Cost 2.55
    Operating Days per Year 256
    Operating Shifts per Day 2
    Year of Information 1983
  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 290M
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 2
    Status of Mining Method PROPOSED
    Mining Method ROOM AND PILLAR 10-34
    Swell Factor .59
    Percent Waste Rock 13
    Percent Recovery 87
    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 2
    1st Condition of Workings PART ACCESSIBLE
    Capacity 2268
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Unit Production Cost 16.79
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Operating Days per Year 258
    Operating Shifts per Day 2
    Year of Information 1983

Comments on other economic factors

  • ALSO CALLED FREDERICKTOWN MINE. MINE HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO FLOOD. FALCONBRIDGE HAS SHOWN SOME INTERESTS AND TAILINGS MAY BE EVENTUALLY TREATED BY LEACHING.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Development

    BLOOM, D. ANSCHUTZ PLANNING 'FULL FLEDGED' MINING OPERATION. PRESS CLIPPING, MISSOURI NEWSPAPER. JUNE 28, 1979.

  • Development

    KLINE,H.D., W.A. CALHOUM,AND B.M. REYNOLDS. MINING AND MILLING METHODS AND COSTS, MADISON MINE,NATIONAL LEAD CO. U.S. BUREAU OF MINES IC 8028

  • Production

    MINERAL COMMODITY PROFILES,NICKEL, BUREAU OF MINES AND UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, MAY,1979 (UPDATED OF JULY 1977).

  • Production

    MINERAL COMMODITY PROFILES, COBALT, BUREAU OF MINES AND

  • Production

    UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, OCT. 1979 (UP-

  • Workings

    BRUSHY CREEK MINE, MINERALS AVILABILITY SYSTEM DEPOSIT LISTING. SEC. NO. 0291790005.

  • Deposit

    MADISON PROJECT COBALT PRESENTATION TO OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET. THE ANSCHUTZ CORPORATION, DENVER COLORADO FEBRUARY 11, 1981. FOURTEEN PAGES.

Comments on the references

  • BILBREY, J. H., JR. COBALT - A MATERIAL SURVEY. U. S. BUMINES IC 8103, 1962, 62 PP. U. S. BUREAU OF MINES MINERALS AVAILABILITY FIELD OFFICE. PERSONAL COMMUNICATION WITH AUTHOR (EVALUATOR) JULY 1983. THE ANSCHUTZ CORPORATION. MADISON COBALT PRESENTATION TO THE OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET, FEB 11, 1981. THE RALPH M. PARSONS COMPANY. FEASIBILITY STUDY MADISON MINE COBALT PROJECT. VOL. I: SUMMARY AND COST ANALYSIS, VOL. II: GEOLOGY, MINING, AND PROCESS ENGINEERING. JAN. 31, 1980.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 26-AUG-96 Amaro, R. U.S. Bureau of Mines
Updater 11-JAN-11 Causey, J. Douglas U.S. Geological Survey Minor change in location and editing of comments.

Beyond USGS

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

Current status (per MSHA)

StatusActive since 05/20/2025
MSHA mine ID2301770
Mine name (MSHA)Madison Mine
Current operatorUS Strategic Metals
Current controller (parent)Missouri Cobalt Holdings LLC
Mine typeSurface (Metal / non-metal)

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