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Mo Lumber & Min Co Tract Number 10 (Prospect)Mo Lumber & Min Co Tract Number 11 (Prospect)Sheets Land (Prospect)Government Land Number One (Past Producer)Mo Lumber & Min Co Tract Number 12 (Prospect)Markham Mine (Past Producer)Luke Mine (Past Producer)Garrett Mine (Past Producer)Burkett Bank (Past Producer)Smith Bank (Past Producer)Kauffman Mine + 1 more nearby (Past Producer)Hillis Mine (Past Producer)Lewis Iron Mine (Past Producer)Sexton Bank + 2 more nearby (Past Producer)Hendrickson Mine + 1 more nearby (Past Producer)Magill Mine (Past Producer)Noah Edwards Mine (Past Producer)Hill Mine (Past Producer)Dover Mine + 1 more nearby (Past Producer)Hooper Mine + 1 more nearby (Past Producer)Allen Bank (Prospect)Missouri University Land Number One (Past Producer)Deal Mine Number 1 + 1 more nearby (Past Producer)Shrout's Bank (Past Producer)Lmiller Bank (Past Producer)Scott Bank (Past Producer)Indian Ford Bank Number Four (Past Producer)Gibson Bank (Past Producer)Indian Ford Bank Number Two + 1 more nearby (Past Producer)Blue Spring Bank + 1 more nearby (Past Producer)St Francois Bank + 2 more nearby (Past Producer)
Past ProducerProducerProspectOccurrenceStatus unknown
31 paw pins; nearby sites are grouped into one pin. Hover or tap a pin for the site name. County outline: US Census Bureau cartographic boundary file (2023). Locations approximate.

Woof’s favorite find

Markham Mine

We picked it because its USGS record mentions 1 gem or collectible mineral (Quartz) and 2 of our card minerals overall. No other named site here scores as high on both counts. USGS lists it as past producer. Minerals mentioned: Quartz, Pyrite. Approx. location 36.920, -90.527. USGS record.

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Field cards: what kind of sites?

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Past Producer

Produced ore or material at some point in the past.

8
Prospect

Explored or test-dug, with no recorded production.

Status terms come from USGS MRDS records.

Mineral cards

Counts are sites whose USGS record mentions the mineral or commodity. Hardness from Mindat.

Minerals recorded here

No individual minerals are listed in these records.

Commodities

Iron 41

Sites (first 40)

SiteCommodityMinerals recordedStatusApprox. location
Hooper MineIron—Past Producer36.794, -90.421
Dover MineIron—Past Producer36.820, -90.430
Scott BankIron—Past Producer36.865, -90.304
Indian Ford Bank Number FourIron—Past Producer36.890, -90.292
Mo Lumber & Min Co Tract Number 10Iron—Prospect36.788, -90.625
Burkett BankIron—Past Producer36.898, -90.505
Gibson BankIron—Past Producer36.876, -90.293
Missouri University Land Number OneIron—Past Producer36.843, -90.404
Hillis MineIron—Past Producer36.897, -90.488
Hendrickson MineIron—Past Producer36.906, -90.455
Blue Spring BankIron—Past Producer36.866, -90.265
Garrett MineIron—Past Producer36.904, -90.514
Markham Mine——Past Producer36.920, -90.527
Black River Bank Number OneIron—Past Producer36.904, -90.453
St Francois BankIron—Past Producer36.888, -90.256
Sheets LandIron—Prospect36.919, -90.583
Indian Ford Bank Number TwoIron—Past Producer36.891, -90.264
Allen BankIron—Prospect36.762, -90.423
George Tract Number 1Iron—Past Producer36.882, -90.257
Mo Lumber & Min Co Tract Number 11Iron—Prospect36.775, -90.607
George Tract Number ThreeIron—Past Producer36.877, -90.259
Lmiller BankIron—Past Producer36.864, -90.379
Government Land Number OneIron—Past Producer36.796, -90.574
Deal Mine Number 1Iron—Past Producer36.830, -90.411
Kauffman MineIron—Past Producer36.924, -90.482
Luke MineIron—Past Producer36.924, -90.496
Shrout's BankIron—Past Producer36.824, -90.411
Indian Ford Bank Number ThreeIron—Past Producer36.889, -90.277
Noah Edwards MineIron—Past Producer36.925, -90.423
Magill MineIron—Past Producer36.894, -90.455
Smith BankIron—Past Producer36.790, -90.497
Mo Lumber & Min Co Tract Number 12Iron—Prospect36.772, -90.584
George TractIron—Past Producer36.861, -90.276
Lewis Iron MineIron—Past Producer36.838, -90.465
Sexton BankIron—Past Producer36.923, -90.456
Deal Mine Nunber 2Iron—Past Producer36.831, -90.415
Thomas LandIron—Prospect36.921, -90.491
Smith + Company BankIron—Prospect36.815, -90.437
Leib BankIron—Prospect36.787, -90.426
Thompson BankIron—Past Producer36.923, -90.456

Nearby counties

Wayne County · Stoddard County · Carter County · Ripley County · Bollinger County

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How we built this page: we counted named sites in the USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) for this area, left out sand, gravel, crushed stone, clay pits and unnamed sites, grouped them by Census county, and linked every site to its USGS record. We did not visit these sites, and MRDS does not tell you who owns the land or whether collecting is allowed.

Source: USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS). USGS ceased systematic updates to MRDS around 2011, so status and details may be out of date. Each site links to its USGS record.

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