Buckeye Mine

Past Producer in Madison county in Missouri, United States with commodities Cobalt, Copper, Iron, Lead, Nickel
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 10245332
MAS/MILS ID 0291230016
Record type Site
Current site name Buckeye Mine
Alternate or previous names Missouri Cobalt Co Mine, Shafts One Two + Three, Pomeroy Shaft

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -90.2773, 37.55067 (WGS84)
Elevation 238
Location accuracy 1000(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 C Missouri

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Cobalt Critical Primary
Copper Primary
Iron Primary
Lead Primary
Nickel Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -90.2773, 37.55067

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Missouri Cobalt Co
  • Type Operator
    Owner National Lead Ind

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    FIRST SHAFT OPENED 1844 TO 125 FT DEPTH

  • Deposit

    U S SURVEY 3089

  • Deposit

    UNDERGROUND WORKINGS EXTEND INTO SECS 17 + 20 T33N R7E

  • Deposit

    THREE SHAFTS COMPRISE MINE

  • Deposit

    MGS GEOL MAP RO-75 STEWART + AID 1951

  • Deposit

    MGS VOL 30 PG 355-364 GRAWE 1945

  • Deposit

    MGS MAP 321-6-D

  • Deposit

    MGS MAP 328-6-2 JAMES 1948

  • Deposit

    MGS MSC 22003 STEWART 1943

  • Deposit

    ASCS PHOTO BLQ-1MM-130 5-14-71 1:20000 - 150 AC

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1983 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.