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Otter Creek Bank

Occurrence in Wayne 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. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10010227
MRDS ID D003805
Record type Site
Current site name Otter Creek Bank

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -90.51567, 37.0309 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Wayne(county)

Missouri(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Piedmont SE(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Piedmont(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Rolla(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper St. Francis(hydrologic unit)

St. Francis(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Mississippi-St. Francis(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Mississippi(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 Wayne

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
5th Principal 027N 005E 03,04 SW (03); NE (04) {LOT 1} Missouri

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chert Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Chemical Sediment > Chert

Nearby scientific data

(1) -90.51567, 37.0309
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form BOULDERS
    Length 60.96M
    Width 22.86M

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. 364 .

  • Deposit

    NASON, FRANK L., 1892 , A REPORT ON THE IRON ORES OF MISSOURI: MISSOURI GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, 1ST SER., V. 2 , P. 274 .

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE ORE SITUATED IN THE NE/4 OF SEC. 4 IS MOSTLY IN QUITE SMALL PIECES, AND OF POOR QUALITY, BEING SANDY AND CHERTY. UPON THE SW/4 , SEC. 3 , THE OUTCROP IS VERY GOOD STALACTITIC ORE IN SMALL PIECES.

Reporter information

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

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