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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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Higdon Mine (Unknown)Rozier & Wilkinsons Diggings (Past Producer)Mccormick Mine (Past Producer)Burnt Mill Property (Past Producer)Horn S Diggings (Past Producer)Planena Mines (Past Producer)George Davis Land (Past Producer)Ponder Shaft + 2 more nearby (Past Producer)Shaft #3 (Past Producer)Umber Mine (Past Producer)Gerler Bank (Past Producer)
Past ProducerProducerProspectOccurrenceStatus unknown
11 paw pins; nearby sites are grouped into one pin. Hover or tap a pin for the site name. 1 site(s) with USGS coordinates outside the outline are not pinned. County outline: US Census Bureau cartographic boundary file (2023). Locations approximate.

Field cards: what kind of sites?

12
Past Producer

Produced ore or material at some point in the past.

1
Occurrence

The mineral was noted here, without development.

1
Unknown

Status not recorded.

Status terms come from USGS MRDS records.

Minerals recorded here

No individual minerals are listed in these records.

Commodities

Lead 12Iron 2

Sites

SiteCommodityMinerals recordedStatusApprox. location
HigdonLead—Occurrence37.592, -90.175
Burnt Mill PropertyLead—Past Producer37.795, -89.991
Umber MineIron—Past Producer37.608, -89.567
Planena MinesLead—Past Producer37.713, -89.969
Shaft #3Lead—Past Producer37.606, -89.730
Rozier & Wilkinsons DiggingsLead—Past Producer37.711, -90.059
Ponder ShaftLead—Past Producer37.620, -89.740
Mccormick MineLead—Past Producer37.693, -90.009
Horn S DiggingsLead—Past Producer37.755, -89.986
Shaft #2Lead—Past Producer37.622, -89.743
Higdon MineLead—Unknown37.608, -90.145
Ponder DiggingsLead—Past Producer37.626, -89.728
George Davis LandLead—Past Producer37.849, -89.964
Gerler BankIron—Past Producer37.580, -89.563

Fossil collections

The Paleobiology Database lists 7 fossil collection records in Perry County. These are research records, not public dig sites.

Nearby counties

Madison County · Ste. Genevieve County · Bollinger County · Cape Girardeau County · St. Francois 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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