Pierce and Willoughby's Diggings

Past Producer in Washington county in Missouri, United States with commodities Barium-Barite, Lead
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 10244629
MAS/MILS ID 0292210080
Record type Site
Current site name Pierce and Willoughby's Diggings

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -90.80542, 37.92646 (WGS84)
Elevation 311

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Washington(county)

Missouri(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Potosi(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Farmington(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Rolla(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Big(hydrologic unit)

Upper Mississippi-Meramec(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Mississippi-Kaskaskia-Meramec(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Mississippi(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Missouri Washington

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
5th Principal 037 N 002 E 15 C Missouri

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Barium-Barite Critical Primary
Lead Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -90.80542, 37.92646

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Mr. Deslodge

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    110 FOOT SHAFT

  • Deposit

    MINE OPENED 1846

  • Deposit

    MGS GEOLOGIC REPORT (1ST AND 2ND ANNUAL) PLATE 2, P. 46

  • Deposit

    SWALLOW 1855

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1983 Missouri Department Of Natural Resources --Holt U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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