Mine detail: Bonne Terre

Previously called 'Lagrave MinesDesloge Mine Pratt MinesPen'

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Location

Lat / long:

37.922, -90.54844

Resource(M)

Primary:	Lead
Secondary:	Copper, Nickel, Cobalt
Ore:	Chalcopyrite, Galena
Gangue:	Calcite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite
Orebody form:	STRINGS, SHEETS

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Medium
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1821

Geology

Host rock:	Bonneterre
Host type:	Dolomite
Structure:	Ozark Dome, St. Francois Mountains, Simms Mountain Fault, Big River Fault, Farmington Anticline, Strata Are Horizontal, But Locally Dips Of 10 Degree Are Present
Tectonic:	Faulted Reef Structure Around St. Francois Igneous Dome

References

MRDS	W016737
DEP	10072179
Reference	{Deposit:: WINSLOW, ARTHUR, 1894 , LEAD AND ZINC DEPOSITS, MO. GEOL. SURV., V. 7 , P. 660 - 667}{Deposit:: KIILSGAARD, T.H., HAYES, W.C., HEYL, A.V., 1967 , METALLIC MINERAL RESOURCES, IN: MINERAL AND WATER RESOURCES OF MISSOURI, V. 43 , 2ND SER., P. 41 - 97 .}{Deposit:: TARR, W.A., 1936 , ORIGIN OF THE SOUTHEAST MISSOURI LEAD DEPOSITS, ECON. GEOL., V. 31 , P. 712 - 754 , 832 - 966 .}{Deposit:: OHLE, E.L. AND BROWN, J.S., 1954 , GEOLOGIC PROBLEMS IN THE SOUTHEAST MISSOURI LEAD DISTRICT, GEOL. SOC. AM. BULL., V. 65 , NO. 3 , P. 201 - 221 .}{Deposit:: 5) SNYDER, FRANK G. AND GERDEMANN, PAUL E., 1968 , GEOLOGY OF THE SOUTHEAST MISSOURI LEAD DISTRICT IN: RIDGE, J.D., ORE DEPOSITS OF THE UNITED STATES, 1933 - 1967 (GRATON-SALES VOLUME): NEW YORK, AM. INST. MINING, METALL. PETROLEUM ENGINEERS, V. 1 , P. 326 - 358 .}{Production:: WINSLOW, ARTHUR, 1894 , LEAD AND ZINC DEPOSITS, MO. GEOL. SURV. V. 7 .}
Reporter	Weeks, Robert