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Woof’s favorite find
Meta Mine
We picked it because its USGS record mentions 1 of the minerals on our cards and 1 of our card minerals overall. No other named site here scores as high on both counts. USGS lists it as past producer for Sulfur-Pyrite. Minerals mentioned: Pyrite. Approx. location 38.294, -92.174. 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?
Produced ore or material at some point in the past.
Status terms come from USGS MRDS records.
Mineral cards
Pyrite
Mohs 6–6.5. Brassy “fool’s gold,” often cubic. Mindat
1 site
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 7Sulfur-Pyrite 1Lead 1Sites
| Site | Commodity | Minerals recorded | Status | Approx. location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknonw - Fe | Iron | — | Past Producer | 38.493, -91.862 |
| Unknown - Fe. | Iron | — | Past Producer | 38.299, -92.168 |
| Meta Mine | Sulfur-Pyrite | — | Past Producer | 38.294, -92.174 |
| Unknown - Fe | Iron | — | Past Producer | 38.426, -91.697 |
| Jackets Mine | Iron | — | Past Producer | 38.434, -91.803 |
| Unknown - Pb | Lead | — | Past Producer | 38.299, -92.149 |
| Unknown - Fe | Iron | — | Past Producer | 38.371, -92.166 |
| Heck - Leesee Mine - Lot 2 | Iron | — | Past Producer | 38.418, -91.729 |
| Unknown - Fe | Iron | — | Past Producer | 38.566, -91.689 |
Nearby counties
Gasconade County · Maries County · Callaway County · Cole County · Miller County
Missouri mineral guides
- Quartz in Missouri
- Feldspar in Missouri
- Magnetite in Missouri
- Pyrite in Missouri
- Galena in Missouri
- Fluorite in Missouri
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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 USGS ceased systematic updates to MRDS around 2011, so status and details may be out of date.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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