Commodities
PrimaryLead, Copper, Cobalt, Nickel
SecondaryIron, Silver
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeY
WorkingsUnderground
Materials
Ore mineralsChalcopyrite, Galena, Malachite, Pyrite
Geology
Host rockSandstone,Dolomite,Rhyolite · Bonneterre;Lamotte
Associated rockRhyolite
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Identification
Deposit ID10010082
MRDS IDD003562
Alternate namesMissouri Cobalt Mine, Buckeye, Copper Creek, North American Lead Co., National Lead Co.
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates37.5509, -90.27899
References
JAMES, JACK A., 1949 GEOLOGIC RELATIONSHIPS OF THE ORE DEPOSITS IN THE FREDERICKTOWN AREA, MISSOURI: MISSOURI GEOLOGICAL SURVEY AND WATER RESOURCES REPT. INV. NO. 8 , 25 P.ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL, 1979 , V. 180 , NO. 5 , P. 189KEYES, C.R., 1896 , A REPORT ON MINE LA MOTTE SHEET INCLUDING PORTIONS OF MADISON, ST. FRANCOIS AND STE GENEVIEVE COUNTIES: MO. GEOL. SURV. 1ST SER. V. 9 SHEET REPORT 4 P. 79 - 80 .SNYDER, F.G. 1968 GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS, MIDCONTINENT UNITED STATES IN RIDGE, J.D. ED. ORE DEPOSITS OF THE UNITED STATES, 1933 - 1967 (GRATON-SALES VOLUME): NEW YORK, AM. INST. MINING METAL. PETROLEUM ENGINEERS, V. 1 , P. 258 - 286 .5) KIILSGAARD, T. H., HAYES, W. C., AND HEYL, A. V., 1967 , METALLIC MINERAL RESOURCES IN: MINERAL AND WATER RESOURCES OF MISSOURI, V. 43 , P. 48 , 70 .1893 DIREXPL DRILL-HOLE REACHED DEPTH OF 125 FT AND ORES OF COPPER, NICKEL, COBALT, LEAD AND IRON WERE ENCOUNTERED AT FREQUENT THOUGH IRREGULAR INTERVALSKIILSGAARD, T.H., HAYES, W.C., AND HEYL, A.V., 1967, MINERAL AND WATER RESOURCES OF MISSOURI, V. 43, P. 40