This property, located about one mile east of Hendrickson, is one of the old mines in which no work has been done since the early 70's, when about 500 tons of ore were mined and shipped, Developments consist of two circular cuts, a 30 foot shaft, and a 100 foot tunnel driven from the side of the hill in the direction of the shaft. The shaft and tunnel are now in a caved condition and the open cuts are also badly filled. The ore occurred, for the most part, in irregular masses enclosed in red, cherty clay. It is secondary limonite, showing many sulphide pseudomorphs, and varies in character from a soft, yellow ocher to boulders having decided red and blue shades, some of which give a red streak. Much of the ore in a stock pile of 100 tons is silicious, from the presence of enclosed fragments of chert, The ore exposed in the open cuts, however, appears to be an average quality of secondary limonite. A sample taken of the ore in stock showed 57.58% iron, 3.16% silica, 0.374% Phos., 0.171% Sul. 10.09% combined water, and 0.933% moisture.

During the time it was operated, this mine was connected by a narrow gauge tram with the St. Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern R'y.

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ⓘ 'Limonite'

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ⓘ 'Limonite'

References:

Crane, G.W. (1912) The Iron Ores Of Missouri: Missouri Bureau Of Mines And Geology, Second Series, Volume 10: 165.

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[1]Crane, G.W. (1912) The Iron Ores of Missouri. Missouri Bureau of Geology and Mines, Second Series, Volume 10: 165.

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