Missouri · Shannon County
Past Producer

Slater Mine

Shannon County, Missouri, United States
Copper
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Description

George Smith

Commodities
PrimaryCopper
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsSurface/Underground
Ore controlContact Rhyolite Porphyry And Eminence Fm
Materials
Ore mineralsChalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Cuprite, Malachite
GangueCalcite
Geology
Host rockDolomite · Eminence
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Discovery year1837
Identification
Deposit ID10010058
MRDS IDD003531
RegionNA
Data scoreC
Coordinates37.14479, -91.33235
References
BRIDGE, JOSIAH, 1930 , GEOLOGY OF THE EMINENCE AND CARDAREVA QUADRANGLES: MO. BUREAU OF GEOL. AND MINES, VOL. XXIV, SECOND SERIES, PP 169 - 175