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Simmons Mountain

Past Producer in Dent county in Missouri, United States with commodity Iron
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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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10010096
MRDS ID D003585
Record type Site
Current site name Simmons Mountain

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -91.55014, 37.63284 (WGS84)
Elevation 384

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Dent(county)

Missouri(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Salem(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Rolla(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Rolla(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Meramec(hydrologic unit)

Upper Mississippi-Meramec(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Mississippi-Kaskaskia-Meramec(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Mississippi(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Missouri Dent

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
5th Principal 034N 006W 24 W2 Missouri

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Limonite

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Roubidoux
    Rock description Roubidoux
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician

Nearby scientific data

(1) -91.55014, 37.63284
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form INVERTED ELLIPTICAL CONE
    Thickness 9.14M
    Length 152.4M
    Width 121.92M
    Depth to bottom 60.96M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1872
Year of first production 1872
Year of last production 1892

Mining district

District name Southeast Missouri

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKED BY A PIT 500 FT. LONG, 400 FT. WIDE, 200 FT. DEEP. THERE WERE EXPLORATORY SHAFTS (PROBABLY 100 FT. DEEP IN ADJACENT VALLEY FLOOR).

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: DEPOSIT IS PRACTICALLY EXHAUSTED

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit GENERAL ANALYTICAL DATA: AVG. ORE SAMPLE 68.69% FE, 1.41% SILICA, 0.016% P. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1979 Sherwood, Liz U.S. Geological Survey

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