Stevenson Bank

Occurrence in Wayne county in Missouri, United States with commodity Iron
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Land status
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10010231
MRDS ID D003810
Record type Site
Current site name Stevenson Bank

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -90.47732, 37.01118 (WGS84)
Relative position LOCATED 1 1/2 MILES NORTHWEST OF TASKEE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Wayne(county)

Missouri(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Greenville SW(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 12 NW OF NW Missouri

Comments on the location information

  • SITUATED ON THE TOP AND EAST SLOPE OF A SECONDARY RIDGE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -90.47732, 37.01118

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form PIPE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Southeast Missouri

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Bowman, Fayne And Co. ( 1912 )

Comments on the workings information

  • DEVELOPMENTS CONSIST OF TWO 12 FOOT PITS.

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: MUCH OF THE ORE IS SO SMALL THAT ITS RECOVERY WILL REQUIRE WASHING.

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. 367 - 368

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DIRT IN THE PITS AVERAGE 50 TO 75 % ORE. OUTCROP COVERS AN AREA OF ABOUT AN ACRE.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.