serrat. Linn County, Kelsey and Laclede. Livingston County, near Chillicothe. Marion County, "pipe" clay on south side of New River and elsewhere. Monroe County, abundant, mined at Stoutsville and near Clapper. Ozark County, residual clay near Gainesville, mined to limited extent for local trade. Scott County, near Commerce, local use. Stoddard County, Dexter. Texas County, near Plato. Vernon County, near Deerfield. Pottery clay occurs in many other counties of the State. Clay (shale, plastic). St. Louis County, from Pennsylvanian rocks, mined at Castello, Glencoe, and Prospect Hill. Coal (bituminous). Coal found in the Des Moines group of the Pennsylvanian. Six producing fields: (1) Bevier field occupies parts of Boone, Chariton, Howard, Macon, and Randolph counties; (2) Lexington field in Clay, Lafayette, and Ray counties; (3) Southwestern field in Barton, Bates, Henry, and adjacent counties; (4) Novinger field in Adair County; (5) Marceline field in Linn County; and (6) Mendota field in northwestern Adair, Putnam, and Schuyler. Coal also underlies Grundy, Mercer, and Platte counties. Cobalt. Linnæite, sulphide of cobalt and nickel, associated with chalcopyrite and pyrite in some of the mines of southeastern Missouri, especially Fredericktown and Mine Lamotte, Madison County, and in St. Francois County; recovered from the copper matte made in smelting these ores. Copper. See Azurite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Cuprite, and Malachite. Cuprite (copper oxide). Ste. Genevieve County, subordinate quantity in Cornwall mines, has been mined. Feldspar. Camden and Laclede counties, in pegmatite granite on border line between counties. Ste. Genevieve County, in granite near Jonca, was used in Belleville pottery. Fluorspar. Madison County, Einstein silver mine near Iron Mountain; St. Louis County, in St. Louis limestone near St. Louis. Galena. Gas. Large production from disseminated deposits in southeastern district in Franklin, Jefferson, Madison, St. Francois, and Washington counties; associated with zinc in southwestern region, in Jasper, Lawrence, and Newton counties; and in central region in Cole, Miller, Moniteau, and Morgan counties. See Natural gas. Granite. Carter County, quarried in Van Buren. Iron County, extensively quarried at Graniteville. Madison County, Cornwall and Mine Lamotte. St. Francois County, Doe Run, Farmington, Knob Lick, and Syenite. Ste. Greenockite. Occurs with sphalerite in Joplin district, Jasper, Lawrence, and Grindstone. Johnson County, sandstone at Warrensburg, has been used in the manufacture of grindstones. St. Clair County, a few made at Collins and Griessel. Hematite (red iron ore). Crawford County, in sandstone at Craig mine. Dent County, Flank, Hawkins, and Sligo mines. Franklin County, at Leslie mine. Phelps County, at De Camp. Reynolds County, good quality in sandstone on west limit of Bee Fork of Black River in January mine. Also in Callaway, Cooper, Henry, Lincoln, and Saline counties. Hematite (specular ore). In porphyry, mined in Pilot Knob and Iron Moun tain districts in St. Francois and Iron counties. In sandstone, has been mined in Crawford, Dent, Franklin, Iron, Montgomery, Phelps, and other counties. Hübnerite. Madison County, Silver Mine. Iron. See Brown iron ore, Hematite, Marcasite, Mineral paint, Ocher, and Pyrite. Kaolin. See Clay (kaolin). Lead. See Anglesite, Cerusite, and Galena. Limestone (building). Limestones suitable for building purposes are widely distributed over the State. Large quarries in Cape Girardeau County. Greene County, Phenix. Jasper County, at Carthage. Ste. Genevieve County, about 4 miles north of Ste. Genevieve, new quarry opened in 1914. Many other quarries in eastern, northern, and western counties of the State. Limestone (crushed stone, road metal, and other uses). Quarried extensively throughout the State, with the exception of counties in the south-central part. Jackson County and St. Louis City and County are the largest producers. Limestone (flux). Lincoln County, quarried at Ellsberry, and St. Louis County, near White House, and in many other counties. Limestone (lime). Limestones excellent for lime making are burned at many localities in the State. Large plants are located at Ash Grove, Cape Girardeau, Glencoe, Glen Park, Hannibal, Louisiana, Mincke, Pierce City, Sarcoxie, Springfield, and Ste. Genevieve. Limonite. See Brown iron ore. Linnæite. See Cobalt. Malachite. Franklin County, mined near Sullivan. Shannon County, mined at Jerktail, Slater, and other mines. Ste. Genevieve County, at Cornwall mines. Occurs with azurite in many hematite deposits of Crawford, Dent, and Phelps counties. Manganese ore. In porphyritic rocks around Pilot Knob, in Iron, Madison, and Reynolds counties. See also Wad. Marble. Occurs in Cape Girardeau, Iron, Madison, and other southeastern counties. Jasper County, quarried at Carthage. Marcasite. Franklin County, occurs in commercial quantities underneath hematite ores in central ore district, is mined at Leslie. Jasper County, occurs in abundance associated with lead and zinc ores in Joplin district; few carloads shipped. Mineral paint. Iron ore, ferruginous shales, and limestones, lead ores, and ocher are used. Natural gas. Barton, Bates, Cass, Clay, Clinton, Jackson, and Johnson counties, small quantities in shallow wells, and in Platte County, north of Parkville. Nickel. Nickel and cobalt recovered from matte produced from ore from some of the mines of southeastern Missouri. See also Cobalt. Ocher. Henry County, common in the Pennsylvanian rocks of western part of the State, near Calhoun. Johnson County, Knobnoster, many exposures in this vicinity. A red ocher in Andrey County, Amazonia, and Jackson County, Hickman Mills. Others in Buchanan, Lafayette, and Ray counties. Produced to some extent in hematite mines of central Ozark region. Oil. See Petroleum. Oil shale. See Shale. Onyx marble. Undeveloped commercial deposits in caves of Ozark region. Other localities in Atchison, Carroll, Daviess, Henry, Jackson, Lafayette, and Livingston counties. 27608°-Bull. 624-17-12 Petroleum. Small quantity produced in Jackson and Vernon counties in 1914. No shipments. Shows of oil have been found in a few other places in southwestern corner of the State. Pyrite (iron pyrites). Franklin County, Leslie mine principal producer; also at Morrelton. Jasper County, occurs in Joplin district. Madison County, disseminated through limestone at Mine Lamotte. Phelps County, Rolla. St. Francois and Washington counties, gangue mineral of Federal, St. Louis, and other mines. See also Marcasite. Road metal. Andrew County, oolitic limestone was quarried at Schuster station. Clay County, Bethany Falls limestone was quarried near Liberty. The crushed cherty material of the Missouri lead and zinc ores, known as "chats," is much used for road making. See also Granite, Limestone (crushed), and Sandstone (crushed). Sand (building). Obtained chiefly from along Mississippi and Missouri rivers and their tributaries, where the supply of sand and gravel is inexhaustible; also in streams of the Ozark region. On the Mississippi pumping plants are operated at Cape Girardeau, Crystal City, St. Louis, Louisiana, Hannibal, and Canton, and along the Missouri the supply is obtained at St. Charles, Jefferson City, Glasgow, Lexington, Kansas City, and St. Joseph. Plants on the Meramec pump an excellent grade of sand and gravel at Pacific, Drake, Sherman, and Valley Park. On Black River plants are located at Poplar Bluff and Mill Spring. Gravel is dredged from Joachim Creek near Festus, and Piney Creek supplies sand to shipping plants at Arlington and Newburg, in Phelps County. Roofing gravel is obtained from Osage River at Osage City, and a dredge located on Salt River near New London is working a large gravel bar. In the northwest part of the State Nodaway River furnishes sand at Maitland and Skidmore. Atchison County, dug at Rockport. Benton County, Warsaw. Buchanan County, St. Joseph. Callaway County, near Fulton. Carroll County, Carrollton. Christian County, Ozark. Cole County, Jefferson City. Cooper County, Boonville. Daviess County, Gallatin. Franklin County, Pacific. Gasconade County, Drake. Grundy County, Trenton. Jackson County, Kansas City. Jefferson County, Crystal City. Marion County, Hannibal. Phelps County, Jerome. St. Charles County, Klondike and St. Charles. Scott County, Commerce. Sand (fire). Produced from friable sandstone in Jefferson County at Crystal City, Herculaneum, and Pacific Grove. Sand (glass). Most important deposit by far is St. Peter sandstone, a beautiful and uniformly clean, friable rock of round clear quartz grains, which outcrops in a belt from a thin strip to 20 miles wide along Mississippi River from Ralls to Cape Girardeau County and also along Missouri River up as far as Callaway County. Important quarries in Franklin County at Becker, Gray Summit, and Pacific; Jefferson County at Crystal City and Silica; St. Charles County at Klondike. Sand (molding). Number of small pits in Franklin County, at Gray Summit and Pacific. Kent County, Black Hills. St. Charles County, Klondike. Sandstone (building, monuments, crushed stone, etc.). Barton County, quar ried near Lamar and Liberty. Bates County, Butler, Rich Hill, and County, Glasgow. Johnson County, near Warrensburg. Putnam County, Shale (oil). Devonian, underlies a considerable area in the northeastern part of the State, extending from the north boundary southward to St. Louis. Shale (paint). See Mineral paint. Silver. Recovered from the lead ores of Jefferson, Madison, St. Francois, and Washington counties, southeastern Missouri, and from oxidized copper ores of the Cornwell copper mine in Ste. Genevieve County. Smithsonite (carbonate of zinc). Jasper County, in quantity in many mines of the Joplin district. Jefferson County, principal zinc ore at Valles Mines. Newton County, at Granby. Occurs also in central district in Cole, Miller, Moniteau, and Morgan counties; and mined in Howell and Oregon counties. Specularite. See Hematite (specular ore). Sphalerite (zinc blende). Principal ore of the Joplin district, Jasper, Lawrence and Newton counties. Mined also in central district, Cole, Miller, Moniteau, and Morgan counties. Has been mined at Frumet and at Valles Mines, Jefferson County. Occurs also in small quantity in the deeper disseminated lead ores of Madison and St. Francois counties. Tripoli (polishing powder). Chariton County, quarried extensively at Dalton. Jefferson County, occurs at Hillsboro. Newton County, quarried extensively near Racine and Seneca for filters; chips and waste used for polishing powder and scouring soap; occurs at Stella. Tungsten. See Hübnerite and Wolframite. Wad. Found in connection with brown iron ore deposits in southeastern Missouri. Wolframite. Madison County, Silver Mine. Wurtzite. Jasper County, Joplin district, in the eastern part of Joplin, near the Missouri Pacific tracks in a deserted mine on the Missouri Lead & Zinc Co.'s land. Zinc. Chief production from mines in Jasper County, about Alba, Carterville, ΜΟΝΤΑΝΑ. Ægirite. Lincoln County, vanadiferous ægirite occurs in quartz veins 'associated with sulphides of iron and copper in the Rainy Creek district, 4 miles east of Libby. Agate (moss agate). Found along Yellowstone River, from Glendive to Yellowstone Park, and on the mesas and buttes for many miles to the northwest of the river. Has been cut into beautiful gems. Antimony. See Polybasite and Stibnite. Argentite (silver glance). Cascade County, in Neihart district. Deer Lodge County, at Cable mine. Granite County, Granitė-Bimetallic mine, Philipsburg. Jefferson County, Ruby mine, Boulder and Clancey. Silver Bow County, Butte mines. Arsenic. Smelter by-product saved at the Washoe smelter, Anaconda, in smelting arsenical copper ores. See also Arsenopyrite. Arsenopyrite. Deer Lodge County, in Cable mine. Granite County, GraniteBimetallic mine, Philipsburg, mined for silver and gold. Jefferson County, Corbin, Elkhorn, Warm Spring Creek, and Wickes (auriferous). Missoula County, Mineral Point mines, silver bearing. Powell County, Elliston. Lewis and Clark County, Tenmile district, formerly mined for gold contents. Park County, near Gardiner, Sheepeater mining district; abundant, massive, and gold bearing; not mined. Azurite (blue carbonate of copper). Of mineralogic rather than economic interest. Found in small quantity in many mines and prospects. Deer Lodge County, Cable mine. Granite County, Granite-Bimetallic mine near Philipsburg. Jefferson County, in minute clusters in Elkhorn mine and in McClellan Creek district. Lewis and Clark County, Drumlummon mine, Marysville. Silver Bow County, Butte district. Bentonite. Beaverhead County, near Glendale. Big Horn County, reported from Hardin. Bismuth. See Tetradymite. Bornite (peacock ore). Deer Lodge County, in small quantity at Cable mine, carries gold. Granite County, at Granite-Bimetallic mine. Jefferson County, Corbin. Silver Bow County, common ore mineral, Butte district. Brown iron ore (limonite). Cascade and Meagher counties, found at a number of localities in Little Belt Mountain district. Deer Lodge County, at Cable mine. Fergus County, formerly mined in Judith Mountains, prospected at Woodhurst Mountain and in Little Belt Mountains. Jefferson County, at many places in Elkhorn and Wickes districts; mined at Elkhorn Peak iron mine. Phillips County, occurs in oxidized ores of gold deposits near Landusky and Alabama. Cassiterite. Silver Bow County, in the Mountain View and other mines at Butte. Cement material. Hill County, suitable materials known to exist at Havre. Gallatin County, limestone and shale quarried for Portland cement at Trident; suitable material at other places but not used. Cerargyrite (horn silver). Granite County, was important ore of Granite mine, 2 miles southeast of Philipsburg. Silver Bow County, found in small quantity in Summit Valley (Butte) district and other mining districts. Cerium. See Monazite. Cerusite (lead carbonate). Jefferson County, has been mined in Elkhorn and Wickes districts. Meagher County, Castle Mountain district. Occurs in many other districts. Chalcanthite (copper sulphate). Silver Bow County, minor ore of oxidized zone, Butte district. |