Mine detail: Casey Mine

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Location: Shannon County, Missouri, United States, North America
Lat / long: 37.17701, -91.35596
dep_id: 10094274
mrds_id: D003555
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Copper
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Chalcocite, Malachite
work_type: Underground
ore_ctrl: Deposits Occur Along Bedding Planes And Always Beneath An Impervious Stratum. There Are A Few Vertical, Mineralized Fissures
Reporter: Sherwood, Liz
hrock_unit: Gasconade;Van Buren
hrock_type: Dolomite
References:
  • Deposit:: BRIDGE, J. 1930 GEOLOGY OF THE EMINENCE AND CARDAREVA QUADRANGLES: MO. BUR. GEOL. AND MINES, 2D SER, V. 24 P. 175 - 177
  • Deposit:: 1919 DIREXPL REACHED A DEPTH OF 580 F
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