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Burt Bank

Occurrence in Iron 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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  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. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10010166
MRDS ID D003727
Record type Site
Current site name Burt Bank

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -90.90123, 37.67923 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Iron(county)

Missouri(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Johnson Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Farmington(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Rolla(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Black(hydrologic unit)

Upper White(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper White(hydrologic subregion)

Arkansas-White-Red(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Mark Twain National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Missouri Iron

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
5th Principal 001W 034N 02 Missouri

Comments on the location information

  • THIS BANK OCCURS ON THE SLOPE OF A RAVINE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Amethyst Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Nearby scientific data

(1) -90.90123, 37.67923
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description The Whole Ore Body Shows Slickensides.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Southeast Missouri

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • THERE HAVE BEEN COMPARATIVELY FEW OPENINGS MADE BUT THESE SEEM TO SHOW SIGNS OF A VERY PROMISING DEPOSIT OF SPECULAR ORE (CRANE, G. W., 1912 ).

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall length 15.24M

Comments on the workings information

  • TWO TRENCHES FOLLOWED ORE UP THE SLOPE OF A HILL.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CRANE, G. W., 1912 , THE IRON ORES OF MISSOURI: MISSOURI BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, 2ND SER., V. 10 , P. 263 .

  • Deposit

    NASON, FRANK L., 1892 , A REPORT ON THE IRON ORES OF MISSOURI; MISSOURI GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, 1ST SER., V. 2 , P. 224 - 225 .

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE WHOLE OF THE ORE BODY IS SOFT AND GREASY TO THE FEEL.

Reporter information

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

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