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Nifong Bank

Occurrence in Bollinger 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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10010099
MRDS ID D003590
Record type Site
Current site name Nifong Bank

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -90.13065, 37.3909 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Bollinger(county)

Missouri(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Marquand(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Piedmont(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Rolla(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Whitewater(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 Bollinger

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
5th Principal 031N 008E 02 SE Missouri

Comments on the location information

  • ON TOP OF A HIGH HILL

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limonite Ore
Clay Gangue

Analytical data

Result SAMPLE OF CHERTY LIMONITE: 55.70 % METALLIC IRON, 0.017 % SULPHUR, 0.141 % PHOSPHORUS

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Chemical Sediment > Chert
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician

Nearby scientific data

(1) -90.13065, 37.3909
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 3.05M
    Length 6.1M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Mississippi River District, Southeast Missouri

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Length 18.29M
    Overall depth 9.14M

Comments on the workings information

  • 2 IRREGULAR, LARGE CUTS, 125 FT. APART.

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: ABOUT A QUARTER MILE FROM THE BELMONT BRANCH, ST. L., I.M. & S. RAILROAD ( 1892 )

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Analytical Data

    SRC.REF: NASON, FRANK L., 1892 , MISSOURI GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, 1ST SER., V. 2 , P. 178

  • Deposit

    NASON, FRANK L., 1892 , A REPORT ON THE IRON ORES OF MISSOURI: MISSOURI GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, 1ST SER., V. 2 , P. 178 , 235

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PURE LIMONITE ORE IN LARGER CUT IS 20 FT. LONG, 8 TO 10 FT. THICK AND DIPS STEEPLY WEST. ORE IN SMALLER CUT IS 6 TO 8 FT. THICK OF CHERTY LIMONITE.

Reporter information

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

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