Mine detail: Silver Mine

Previously called 'Einstein'

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Location

Lat / long: 37.5334, -90.48344

Resource(M)

Primary: Silver, Zinc, Lead, Tungsten
Ore: Sphalerite
Gangue: Chalcopyrite, Fluorite, Lepidolite, Pyrite, Quartz, Topaz, Wolframite, Zircon
Discovery year: 1855

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1875

Geology

Host type:Granite
Associated type:Granite
Alteration processes:Sericite

References

MRDSD001148
DEP10008775
Reference{Analytical Data:: SRC.REF: WINSLOW, ARTHUR, 1894 , LEAD AND ZINC DEPOSITS: MISSOURI GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, V. 7 , P. 702}{Deposit:: LEMMON, D.M., UNPUBLISHED DATA.}{Deposit:: LEMMON, D.M., AND TWETO, O.L., 1962, TUNGSTEN IN THE U.S., USGS MAP, MR-25.}{Deposit:: TOLMAN, C., 1933, MISSOURI BUR. GEOL. AND MINES, 57TH BIEN. REPT., APPEND. 1.}{Deposit:: KIILSGAARD, T.H., 1967 , METALLIC MINERAL RESOURCES IN: MINERAL AND WATER RESOURCES OF MISSOURI, VOL. 43 , 2ND SER., P. 72 .}{Deposit:: 5) WINSLOW, ARTHUR, 1894 , LEAD AND ZINC DEPOSITS: MISSOURI GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, V. 7 , P. 701 - 702 .}{Production:: ITEMS 8 AND 9 : WINSLOW, ARTHUR, 1894 , MISSOURI GEOL SURVEY, V. 7 , P. 701 - 702 ; ITEM 10 : LEMMON, D. M., UNPUBLISHED DATA.}
ReporterElliott, James E., Sherwood, Liz