Mine detail: Madison Mine

Previously called 'BuckeyeCopper CreekNorth American Lead Co.National Lead Co.Missouri Cobalt Mine'

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Location: Madison County, Missouri, United States, North America
Lat / long: 37.5509, -90.27899
dep_id: 10010082
mrds_id: D003562
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Lead, Copper, Cobalt, Nickel
Minor mineral: Iron, Silver
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Production occurred
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Chalcopyrite, Galena, Malachite, Pyrite
work_type: Underground
conc_proc: Localization Of The Ore Body By Solution Thinning Of The Dolomitic Host Rock
Reporter: Sherwood, Liz
hrock_unit: Bonneterre;Lamotte
hrock_type: Sandstone,Dolomite,Rhyolite
arock_type: Rhyolite
References:
  • Deposit:: JAMES, JACK A., 1949 GEOLOGIC RELATIONSHIPS OF THE ORE DEPOSITS IN THE FREDERICKTOWN AREA, MISSOURI: MISSOURI GEOLOGICAL SURVEY AND WATER RESOURCES REPT. INV. NO. 8 , 25 P.
  • Deposit:: ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL, 1979 , V. 180 , NO. 5 , P. 189
  • Deposit:: KEYES, C.R., 1896 , A REPORT ON MINE LA MOTTE SHEET INCLUDING PORTIONS OF MADISON, ST. FRANCOIS AND STE GENEVIEVE COUNTIES: MO. GEOL. SURV. 1ST SER. V. 9 SHEET REPORT 4 P. 79 - 80 .
  • Deposit:: SNYDER, F.G. 1968 GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS, MIDCONTINENT UNITED STATES IN RIDGE, J.D. ED. ORE DEPOSITS OF THE UNITED STATES, 1933 - 1967 (GRATON-SALES VOLUME): NEW YORK, AM. INST. MINING METAL. PETROLEUM ENGINEERS, V. 1 , P. 258 - 286 .
  • Deposit:: 5) KIILSGAARD, T. H., HAYES, W. C., AND HEYL, A. V., 1967 , METALLIC MINERAL RESOURCES IN: MINERAL AND WATER RESOURCES OF MISSOURI, V. 43 , P. 48 , 70 .
  • Deposit:: 1893 DIREXPL DRILL-HOLE REACHED DEPTH OF 125 FT AND ORES OF COPPER, NICKEL, COBALT, LEAD AND IRON WERE ENCOUNTERED AT FREQUENT THOUGH IRREGULAR INTERVALS
  • Production:: KIILSGAARD, T.H., HAYES, W.C., AND HEYL, A.V., 1967, MINERAL AND WATER RESOURCES OF MISSOURI, V. 43, P. 40
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