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English: This is a map showing subdistricts of the Southeast Missouri Lead District and the locations of mines opened since 1953, some now closed, all on the west side of the district. The Indian Creek Mine opened in 1953 following exploration for new deposits to replace those being depleted in the Old Lead Belt, and development of the Viburnum ...
The formal geological name for the Lead Belt is the "Southeastern Missouri Mississippi Valley-type Mineral District". It contains the highest concentration of galena (lead(II) sulfide) in the world [2] as well as significant economic quantities of zinc, copper and silver and currently mined sub-economic quantities of metals such as cadmium, nickel and cobalt. [2]
This is a list of Superfund sites in Missouri designated under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) environmental law. The CERCLA federal law of 1980 authorized the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to create a list of polluted locations requiring a long-term response to clean up hazardous material contaminations. [1]
US iron ore made up 2.5 percent of the total mined worldwide in 2015. Employment as of 2014 was 5,750 in iron mines and iron ore treatment plants. [3] US iron ore mining is dominated by the Precambrian banded iron formation deposits around Lake Superior, in Minnesota and Michigan; such deposits were also formerly mined in Wisconsin. For the ...
A post office called Iron Mountain was established in 1846, and remained in operation until 1978. [3] The railroad history of the area runs deep, as the railways were key to the distribution of the minerals being mined. [4] The Iron Mountain and Southern Railway was prominent during the development of the Iron Mountain community in the 19th ...
Cliffs Shaft Mine Museum; Hibernia mines; Hull–Rust–Mahoning Open Pit Iron Mine; Iron Mountain (Utah) Iron Mountain District; Iron Mountain Mine; Jackson Mine; Minorca Mine; Milford Mine; Mountain Iron Mine; Pioneer Mine; Pyne Mine; Rouchleau Mine; Sloss Mines; Soudan Underground Mine State Park; Wenonah, Alabama
The Cherry Valley Iron Mines just east of Steelville opened in 1878, and had produced 736,800 tons of ore between 1878 and 1910. [ 8 ] [ 9 ] The mines even created their own railway, the Crawford County Midland Railroad , to link with the St. Louis and San Francisco Railway to provide needed haulage services. [ 10 ]
It encompasses 455 buildings, 8 structures, and 7 objects in a predominantly residential section of Springfield. It developed between about 1871 and 1952, and includes representative examples of Late Victorian , Colonial Revival , and Bungalow / American Craftsman architecture, including the separately listed Bentley House and Stone Chapel .