I had a wonderfully restorative weekend.
My husband surprised me with a small road trip yesterday to the Missouri Mines State Historic Site in Park Hills, Missouri. The site is located within the eastern Ozarks in an area known as the Old Lead Belt. This area was the nation’s major source of lead metal for more than 60 years; it is part of the great Southeast Missouri Lead district, the premier lead mining district of the world.
The 19,000 square-foot mine-mill powerhouse has been developed into a large museum displaying old mining machinery and an outstanding mineral collection. Geology students from all over the Midwest visit this second gallery that includes exhibits on geology and mineral resources, and features an exceptionally organized mineral collection, as well as an array of fluorescent minerals. We were fortunate enough yesterday to talk at length with a geologist who works at the site.
Though the photos do not do the rocks and minerals justice, I am sharing them below and hope you enjoy!
More on my love of rocks tomorrow!
Mary
My husband surprised me with a small road trip yesterday to the Missouri Mines State Historic Site in Park Hills, Missouri. The site is located within the eastern Ozarks in an area known as the Old Lead Belt. This area was the nation’s major source of lead metal for more than 60 years; it is part of the great Southeast Missouri Lead district, the premier lead mining district of the world.
The 19,000 square-foot mine-mill powerhouse has been developed into a large museum displaying old mining machinery and an outstanding mineral collection. Geology students from all over the Midwest visit this second gallery that includes exhibits on geology and mineral resources, and features an exceptionally organized mineral collection, as well as an array of fluorescent minerals. We were fortunate enough yesterday to talk at length with a geologist who works at the site.
Though the photos do not do the rocks and minerals justice, I am sharing them below and hope you enjoy!
More on my love of rocks tomorrow!
Mary
malachite stalactitc on azurite crust
drusy quartz coating blue-green chrysocolla in limonite
hematite fibrous 'needle ore' and geothite mammillary
