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Check access before you go. Most sites listed here are old mines, quarries or prospects, and many are on private land or active mining claims. Get the landowner's permission, check the rules of the agency that manages any public land, and never enter mine workings. Locations are approximate.

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Lane Mine (Past Producer)Shackleford Diggings (Past Producer)Poindexter Mine + 1 more nearby (Past Producer)Blackeagle Mine & Plant (Producer)Scott Mine (Past Producer)Collins Diggings (Past Producer)Unknown - Barite + 1 more nearby (Past Producer)Zinc Creek Mine (Past Producer)Wyant Trigg + Bryan Diggings (Past Producer)Unknown - Lead (Past Producer)Unknown - Coal Zinc (Past Producer)Honorbrink Land (Past Producer)H A Kaiser Land + 1 more nearby (Past Producer)Unknown - Barite (Prospect)
Past ProducerProducerProspectOccurrenceStatus unknown
14 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

Mccauley-Widel

We picked it because its USGS record mentions 2 of the minerals on our cards and 2 of our card minerals overall. No other named site here scores as high on both counts. USGS lists it as producer for Barium-Barite, Lead. Minerals mentioned: Pyrite, Galena. Approx. location 38.994, -92.958. USGS record.

Ask first: a USGS record doesn’t mean you can visit. Find out who owns the land and get permission before collecting.

Field cards: what kind of sites?

13
Past Producer

Produced ore or material at some point in the past.

2
Prospect

Explored or test-dug, with no recorded production.

2
Producer

Was producing when the record was made.

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

Barium-Barite 9Lead 9Zinc 7Bituminous 4

Sites

SiteCommodityMinerals recordedStatusApprox. location
Unknown - Coal ZincBituminous, Zinc—Past Producer38.748, -92.736
Unknown - BariteBarium-Barite—Prospect38.883, -92.523
Lane MineBituminous, Zinc—Past Producer38.715, -93.052
Unknown - BariteBarium-Barite—Past Producer38.962, -92.921
Scott MineLead—Past Producer38.972, -92.951
Wyant Trigg + Bryan DiggingsLead, Zinc—Past Producer38.943, -92.878
Collins DiggingsBarium-Barite, Lead, Zinc—Past Producer38.995, -92.934
Honorbrink LandBarium-Barite—Past Producer38.862, -92.610
Blackeagle Mine & PlantBarium-Barite—Producer38.992, -92.960
Poindexter MineBarium-Barite, Lead—Past Producer39.003, -92.967
Shackleford DiggingsBituminous, Lead, Zinc—Past Producer38.888, -93.045
H A Kaiser LandBarium-Barite—Past Producer38.879, -92.544
Unknown - LeadLead—Past Producer38.735, -92.793
Mccauley-WidelBarium-Barite, Lead—Producer38.994, -92.958
Frank Smith LandBarium-Barite—Prospect38.880, -92.530
Zinc Creek MineBituminous, Lead, Zinc—Past Producer38.697, -92.908
Unknown - Lead ZincLead, Zinc—Past Producer38.958, -92.921

Fossil collections

The Paleobiology Database lists 2 fossil collection records in Cooper County. These are research records, not public dig sites.

Nearby counties

Saline County · Pettis County · Howard County · Moniteau County · Boone County

Missouri mineral guides

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Related articles

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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