Mine detail: Doe Run

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Location: St. Francois County, Missouri, United States, North America
Lat / long: 37.74506, -90.49317
dep_id: 10072181
mrds_id: W016739
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Lead
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Production occurred
Development status: Producer
ore: Galena
gangue: Calcite, Pyrite
orebody_fm: SEAMS AND CREVICES
work_type: Underground
ore_ctrl: Joint Planes And Crevices
Reporter: Weeks, Robert
hrock_unit: St. Joseph Limestone;Lamotte Sandstone
hrock_type: Limestone
Structure: The Most Prevalent Direction Of Crevices And Joint-Planes Which Are Frequently Seen In The Mine Is Wsw, But Others Are Found Running Nearly N-S.
tectonic: Ozark Dome, St. Francois Mountains, Simms Mountain Fault, Big River Fault, Farmington Anticline
disc_yr: 1885
References:
  • Deposit:: WINSLOW, ARTHUR, 1894 , LEAD AND ZINC DEPOSITS: MO. GEOL. SURV., V. 7 , P. 671 - 675.
  • 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 .
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