Roper Lease

Prospect in Cherokee county in Kansas, United States with commodities Lead, Zinc
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. 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 10267242
MAS/MILS ID 0200210029
Record type Site
Current site name Roper Lease

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -94.90584, 37.04367 (WGS84)
Elevation 258
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cherokee(county)

Kansas(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Melrose(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Joplin(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Joplin(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lake O' The Cherokees(hydrologic unit)

Neosho(hydrologic accounting unit)

Neosho-Verdigris(hydrologic subregion)

Arkansas-White-Red(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Kansas Cherokee

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 034 S 024 E 32 C NENE Kansas

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Materials information

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

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -94.90584, 37.04367

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 6M
    Length 200M
    Width 50M
    Area 3HA
    Depth to top 124M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 BRECCIA FILL
    Shape of Orebody #1 OTHER
    Type of Orebody #2 DISSEMINATED
    Shape of Orebody #2 TABULAR
    Type of Orebody #3 REPLACEMENT
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Primary Ore Control FRACTURING
    Secondary Ore Control CONTACT ZONE
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. INTENSE
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 SILICIFICATION
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #2 DOLOMITIZATION
    Minimum Depth to Top 120
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 5
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Total Surface Area (HA) 3
    Date of Last Modification 780703

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1947

Mining district

District name Tri State

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Fee Ownership

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Dolores W. Paxson
    Interest 100
    Home office Kansas
    Year 1976

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 134M
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method PROPOSED
    Mining Method ROOM AND PILLAR 10-34
    Swell Factor .59
    Percent Waste Rock 5
    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 1
    Capacity 450
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Operating Days per Year 250
    Operating Shifts per Day 2
    Year of Information 1977

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    FOWLER, G.M., AND LYDEN, J.P., 1932, THE ORE DEPOSITS OF TH

  • Deposit

    STATE DISTRICT (MISSOURI-KANSAS-OKLAHOMA) : A.I.M.E TR., V.1

  • Deposit

    P. 206-251.

  • Deposit

    WEIDMAN, S., 1932, THE MIAMI-PICHER ZINC-LEAD DISTRICT, OKLA

  • Deposit

    OKLAHOMA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 56, 177P.

  • Deposit

    MCKNIGHT, EDWIN AND FISHER, RICHARD, 1970, GEOLOGY AND ORE

  • Deposit

    DEPOSITS OF THE PICHER FIELD OKLAHOMA AND KANSAS: U.S. GEOL.

  • Deposit

    PROF. PAPER 588, 165P.

  • Deposit

    BROCKIE, DOUGLAS, ET.AL., 1968, THE GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS

  • Deposit

    THE TRI-STATE DISTRICT OF MISSOURI, KANSAS, AND OKLAHOMA IN

  • Deposit

    DEPOSITS OF THE U.S.: AIME P.400-430.

  • Deposit

    USBM MID-CONTINENT ORE RESERVE EVALUATION FILE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-FEB-1984 Lewis, J.D. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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