Mine detail: Hawkins Mine

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Location: Dent County, Missouri, United States, North America
Lat / long: 37.77034, -91.55764
dep_id: 10010145
mrds_id: D003698
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Iron
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Limonite
gangue: Clay, Pyrite
orebody_fm: LENTICULAR MASSES
work_type: Surface/Underground
ore_ctrl: Broken Sandstone And Chert With Interstitial Specular Ore, Which Appears To Be Pseudomorphous After Pyrite.
Reporter: Sherwood, Liz
hrock_type: Sandstone,Dolomite,Chert
Year first produced: 1879
yr_lst_prd: 1907
References:
  • Deposit:: CRANE, G. W., 1912 , THE IRON ORES OF MISSOURI: MISSOURI BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, 2D SER., V. 10 , P. 226 - 227 .
  • Deposit:: NASON, FRANK L., 1892 , A REPORT ON THE IRON ORES OF MISSOURI: MISSOURI GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, 1ST SER., V. 2 , P. 319 , 221 .
  • Production:: ITEM 8 : CRANE, G. W., 1912 , MISSOURI BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, 2D SER., V. 10 , P. 227 . ITEM 9 : NASON, FRANK L., 1892 , MISSOURI GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, 1ST SER., V. 2 , P. 319 .
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