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Jerktail Prospect

Occurrence in Shannon county in Missouri, United States with commodity Copper
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Workings at the site
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10010077
MRDS ID D003554
Record type Site
Current site name Jerktail Prospect
Alternate or previous names New Diggings

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -91.29402, 37.2234 (WGS84)
Relative position SIX MILES DUE NORTHEAST OF EMINENCE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Shannon(county)

Missouri(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Eminence(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Spring Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Rolla(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Current(hydrologic unit)

Upper White(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper White(hydrologic subregion)

Arkansas-White-Red(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Missouri Shannon

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
5th Principal 029N 003W 05 NE Missouri

Comments on the location information

  • NW CORNER OF LOT 2, ON THE HEAD OF A SMALL TRIBUTARY OF THOMPSON CREEK

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcocite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Cuprite Ore
Malachite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Conglomerate
    Rock unit name Eminence
    Rock description Eminence
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -91.29402, 37.2234
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • MOST OF THE ORE OBTAINED CAME FROM THE CONGLOMERATE, LOCATED AT THE CONTACT OF THE EMINENCE DOLOMITE AND THE PORPHYRY

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Southeast Missouri

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 6.1M
    Overall depth 4.88M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BRIDGE, J. 1930 GEOLOGY OF THE EMINENCE AND CARDAREVA QUADRANGLES: MO. BUR. GEOL. AND MINES, 2D SER., V. 24 P. 175

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1978 Sherwood, Liz U.S. Geological Survey

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Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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