Palmer

Past Producer in Washington county in Missouri, United States with commodities Lead, Barium-Barite, Iron
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. Bibliographic references

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 60001716
MRDS ID W016741
Record type District
Current site name Palmer
Alternate or previous names Fourche A Courtois, Parole

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -90.98342, 37.85006 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Washington(county)

Missouri(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Palmer(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Farmington(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Rolla(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Meramec(hydrologic unit)

Upper Mississippi-Meramec(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Mississippi-Kaskaskia-Meramec(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Mississippi(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Mark Twain National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Missouri Washington

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Barium-Barite Critical Secondary
Iron Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -90.98342, 37.85006

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure name FAULTING
Structure description PALMER FAULT ZONE
Type of structure Regional
Structure description GENTLY WARPED CRATONIC REGION OF LARGE GENTLE DOME (OZARK DOME). MAJOR E-W TRENDING FAULTS.

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault/fracture

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WINSLOW, ARTHUR, 1894, LEAD AND ZINC DEPOSITS OF MISSOURI, MO. GEOL. SURV., V. 7 , P. 681 - 682.

  • Deposit

    HEYL, A. V., BROCK, M. R., JOLLY, J. L. AND WELLS, C. E., 1965 , REGIONAL STRUCTURE OF THE SOUTHEAST MISSOURI AND ILLINOIS - KENTUCKY MINERAL DISTRICTS USGS BULL. 1202-B, B1 - B20 .

  • Deposit

    KIILSGAARD, T. H., HAYES, W. C., AND HEYL, A. V., 1967 , METALLIC MINERAL RESOURCES, IN: MINERAL AND WATER RESOURCES OF MISSOURI, V. 43 , 2ND SER., P. 54 .

Beyond USGS

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