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Agricultural College Land

Occurrence 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. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10010203
MRDS ID D003775
Record type Site
Current site name Agricultural College Land

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -91.96987, 37.93367 (WGS84)
Relative position LOCATED ONE MILE NORTH OF ARLINGTON

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Phelps(county)

Missouri(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Newburg(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)

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 Phelps

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
5th Principal 037N 010W 13 NE OF NE Missouri

Comments on the location information

  • SITUATED ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF A RAVINE TRIBUTARY TO THE GASCONADE RIVER

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limonite Ore

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -91.96987, 37.93367
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Southeast Missouri

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. 299

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit NO DEVELOPMENTS HAVE BEEN MADE. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Deposit ORE OCCURS IN A FISSURE IN THE GASCONADE DOLOMITE. THE ORE CONTAINS MUCH CHERT AND WILL PROBABLY BE FOUND TO BE SULPHUROUS WITH DEPTH (CRANE, G.W., 1912).

Reporter information

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

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