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See Bank

Past Producer in Phelps 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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10010196
MRDS ID D003766
Record type Site
Current site name See Bank

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -91.75432, 37.79395 (WGS84)
Relative position 12 MILES SOUTH OF ROLLA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Phelps(county)

Missouri(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Yancy Mills(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Rolla(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Rolla(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Gasconade(hydrologic unit)

Gasconade(hydrologic accounting unit)

Gasconade-Osage(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Missouri Phelps

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
5th Principal 036N 008W 36 SE Missouri

Comments on the location information

  • SITUATED ON THE EAST SIDE OF A RAVINE TRIBUTARY TO PERRY BRANCH; SE1/4 SEC 36

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Ocher Ore

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) -91.75432, 37.79395
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Southeast Missouri

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Michael Maxwell ( 1912 )

Comments on the production information

  • A SMALL AMOUNT OF ORE HAS BEEN SHIPPED.

Comments on the workings information

  • DEVELOPMENTS CONSIST OF A SHALLOW PIT 60 FT IN DIAMETER

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: THE DEPOSIT HAS NOT BEEN EXHAUSTED BUT WILL PROBABLY PROVE TO BE COMPARATIVELY SMALL.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CRANE, G. W., 1912 , THE IRON ORES OF MISSOURI; MISSOURI BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, 2D SER., V. 10 , P. 296

Reporter information

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

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