Mine detail: West Fork

Previously called 'Asarco Property'

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Location

Lat / long: 37.49257, -91.10903

Resource(M)

Primary: Lead, Zinc
Secondary: Copper, Silver
Tertiary: Cadmium, Cobalt, Nickel
Other material: Bravoite, Calcite, Chalcopyrite, Dickite, Dolomite, Galena, Kaolinite, Linnaeite, Marcasite, Pyrite, Quartz, Sphalerite
Discovery year: 1959

Production

Operation type: Underground
Development status: Producer
First production started: 1985

Geology

References

MRDSW700610
MAS291790006
DEP10294201
Reference{Deposit:: WHARTON, H.M., GUIDEBOOK TO GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF SELECTED MINES IN THE VIRBURNUM TREND, MISSOURI; MISSOURI DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES, GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, REPT. INV. 58, 1975, 56PP.}{Deposit:: ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL, ST. JOE MINERALS NEW LEAD BELT: TEXTBOOK EXAMPLES OF MINING EFFICIENCY; NOV. 1976 P.78-87.}{Deposit:: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES IC 8646, 1974, AVAILABILITY OF U.S. PRIMARY LEAD RESOURCES.}{Deposit:: ASARCO, INC. 1980 ANNUAL REPORT. PAGE 9.}{Deposit:: ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL, 1982 SURVEY OF MINE AND PLANT EXPANSION. JAN. 1982, P. 57.}{Deposit:: MINING ENGINEERING, ASARC* WEST FORK MINE; APRIL 1982 P. 405.}{Deposit:: SKILLIN* MINING REVIEW, ASARCO TO PROCEED WITH WEST FORK LEAD-ZINC MINE PROJECT; MARCH 8, 1980, P. 8.}{Deposit:: THE DAILY JOURNAL (FLAT RIVER, MISSOURI), CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW MINE NEAR BUNKER; PRESS CLIPPING, FEBRUARY 1982.}{Production:: ASARCO 10-K, 1995, PP-17-21.}{Reserve-Resource:: ASARCO INC. SEC FORM 10-K REPORT, DEC. 31, 1993, PP A14-A18.}{Reserve-Resource:: ASARCO 10-K, 1995-PP 17-21.}
ReporterBuckingham, David A.