Mine detail: Silver Mine

Previously called 'Einstein'

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Location: Madison County, Missouri, United States, North America
Lat / long: 37.5334, -90.48344
dep_id: 10008775
mrds_id: D001148
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Silver, Zinc, Lead, Tungsten
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Sphalerite
gangue: Chalcopyrite, Fluorite, Lepidolite, Pyrite, Quartz, Topaz, Wolframite, Zircon
work_type: Unknown
alteration: Sericite
ore_ctrl: Jointing
Reporter: Elliott, James E., Sherwood, Liz
hrock_type: Granite
arock_type: Granite
Year first produced: 1875
disc_yr: 1855
discr: Beaugholtz (Entered As Mineral Land)
References:
  • 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  • Deposit:: LEMMON, D.M., UNPUBLISHED DATA.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ITEMS 8 AND 9 : WINSLOW, ARTHUR, 1894 , MISSOURI GEOL SURVEY, V. 7 , P. 701 - 702 ; ITEM 10 : LEMMON, D. M., UNPUBLISHED DATA.
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