Flat River Sub-District

Past Producer in St. Francois county in Missouri, United States with commodities Lead, Silver, Zinc
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Geologic structures
  8. Controls for ore emplacement
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Bibliographic references

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 60001714
MRDS ID W016738
Record type District
Current site name Flat River Sub-District

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -90.55011, 37.86676 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

St. Francois(county)

Missouri(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Flat River(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 St. Francois

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Secondary
Zinc Critical Secondary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -90.55011, 37.86676

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description JOINT PLANES TREND E-W AND N70W, LOCALLY. STRATA DIPS 5 DEGREE S TO HORIZONTAL.
Type of structure Regional
Structure description HORIZONTAL STRATA, LOCALLY DIPS 5 DEGREE S.

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Lithology

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Discovery year 1742
Year of first production 1742

Mining district

District name FLAT RIVER SUB-DISTRICT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WINSLOW, ARTHUR, 1894, LEAD AND ZINC DEPOSITS: MISSOURI GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, V. 7, PT. 2, P. 667-671.

Beyond USGS

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