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Sweetwater Mine (Milliken Mine; Frank R. Milliken; Blair Creek; Ozark Lead Company Mine; Adair Creek; Logan Creek), Ellington, Viburnum Trend District, Reynolds Co., Missouri, USA

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Sweetwater Mine, Ellington, Viburnum Trend District, Reynolds Co., Missouri, USA

Photo: 2001 John H. Betts
Latitude: 37°14'N
Longitude: 90°58'W
A lead-zinc mine formerly owned by ASARCO since Dec 1987 & operated by Ozark Lead Co. Reopened Dec 1987. Later owned by the Doe Run Co., about 1999-2000. The mine is located about 12 miles northwest of Ellington.

Reserves in 1988 amounted to 22.6 million tons at an average of 4.84% Pb & 0.59% Zn.

Refs.: Minerals Yearbook - Zinc (1988): 2.

Rocks & Minerals (1989): 64: 22 & 26.

Mineralogical Record: 20: 481.

American Mineral Treasures (Lithographie, LLC; 2008); pages 66-73.

Mineral List

Anilite
'Bitumen'
Bornite
Calcite
Carrollite
Chalcocite
Chalcopyrite
Covellite
Dickite
Digenite
Djurleite
Dolomite
Erythrite
Fletcherite
Galena
Malachite
Marcasite
Millerite
Polydymite
Pyrite
Quartz
Siegenite
Sphalerite
Vaesite


24 entries listed. 23 valid minerals.

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