Mine detail: Mine La Motte

Previously called 'HardscrabbleBluffWildcatRattlesnakeSeed - TickJackCopper Mine'

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Location

Lat / long:

37.61336, -90.2809

Resource(M)

Primary:	Lead
Secondary:	Silver, Copper, Cobalt, Zinc, Nickel
Discovery year:	1720

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	DISSEMINATED, BEDDED, REPLACEMENT
Production size:	Medium
Development status:	Past Producer

Geology

Structure:

THE MAIN FAULT STRIKES N 62 DEG W AND DIPS 80 DEG NE IN THE WORKINGS AT THE LOWER LEVEL. IN THE UPPER LEVEL OF THE MINE, THE SAME FAULT STRIKES N 50 DEG W, WITH THE SAME DIP TO THE NORTHEAST., OZARK DOME, ST FRANCOIS MOUNTAINS, SIMMS MT. FAULT, BIG RIVER FAULT.

References

MRDS	W016747
DEP	60001717
Reference	{Deposit:: BAIN, H.F., AND ULRICH, E.O., 1905 , THE COPPER DEPOSITS OF MISSOURI, U.S.G.S. BULL., NO. 267 , P. 39 - 40 .}{Deposit:: WINSLOW, ARTHUR, 1894, LEAD AND ZINC DEPOSITS: MISSOURI GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, V. 7, P. 646 - 659.}{Deposit:: KIILSGAARD, T.H., HAYES, W.C., AND HEYL, A.V., 1967 , METALLIC MINERAL RESOURCES IN: MINERAL AND WATER RESOURCES OF MISSOURI, V. 43 , P. 51 .}{Deposit:: KEYS, C.R., 1896, A REPORT ON MINE LA MOTTE SHEET, IN AREAL GEOLOGY OF MISSOURI: MISSOURI GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, V. 9, SHEET REPORT 4, 132 P.}