Mine detail: Doe Run

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

37.74506, -90.49317

Resource(M)

Primary:	Lead
Ore:	Galena
Gangue:	Calcite, Pyrite
Orebody form:	SEAMS AND CREVICES
Discovery year:	1885

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Yes
Development status:	Producer

Geology

Host rock:	St. Joseph Limestone;Lamotte Sandstone
Host 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

References

MRDS	W016739
DEP	10072181
Reference	{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 .}
Reporter	Weeks, Robert