Mine detail: Avon Prospect

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 37.75506, -90.21621

Resource(M)

Primary: Lead
Ore: Galena
Gangue: Ocher, Pyrite

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1848

Geology

Host type:Sandstone,Dolomite
Structure:Farmington Anticline

References

MRDSD003571
DEP10010089
Reference{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, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 1202-B, P. B1-B20.}{Deposit:: WINSLOW, ARTHUR 1894 , LEAD AND ZINC DEPOSITS: MISSOURI GEOLOGICAL SURVEY V. 6 AND 7 , P. 676 .}{Production:: WINSLOW, ARTHUR, 1894 , MISSOURI GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, V. 7 , P. 676}
ReporterSherwood, Liz