Mine detail: Slater Mine

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Location: Shannon County, Missouri, United States, North America
Lat / long: 37.14479, -91.33235
dep_id: 10010058
mrds_id: D003531
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Copper
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Cuprite, Malachite
gangue: Calcite
work_type: Surface/Underground
ore_ctrl: Contact Rhyolite Porphyry And Eminence Fm
Reporter: Sherwood, Liz
hrock_unit: Eminence
hrock_type: Dolomite
disc_yr: 1837
discr: George Smith
References:
  • BRIDGE, JOSIAH, 1930 , GEOLOGY OF THE EMINENCE AND CARDAREVA QUADRANGLES: MO. BUREAU OF GEOL. AND MINES, VOL. XXIV, SECOND SERIES, PP 169 - 175
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