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Bryson Bank

Past Producer in Shannon 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. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10010919
MRDS ID D005005
Record type Site
Current site name Bryson Bank

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -90.52317, 37.00063 (WGS84)
Relative position ONE MILE NE OF BIRCHTREE

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 Shannon

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
5th Principal 027N 005W 22 NE OF NE Missouri

Comments on the location information

  • SITUATED ON THE NW FACE OF A GENTLE HILLSIDE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Goethite Ore
Limonite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Clay, Mud
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Chemical Sediment > Chert

Nearby scientific data

(1) -90.52317, 37.00063
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Depth to top 0.61M

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 District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Bryson, A. L.

Comments on the production information

  • SEVERAL CAR LOADS OF SILICIOUS ORE HAVE BEEN MINED FROM THE SMALLER CUT.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall depth 0.61M
    Overall length 45.72M
    Overall width 10.67M

Comments on the workings information

  • DEVELOPMENTS CONSIST OF A MAIN OPEN CUT 150 FT LONG, 35 FT. WIDE, A SMALLER CUT 30 FEET LONG AND 15 FEET WIDE ON THE EAST EDGE OF THE BANK, AND SOME SMALL PITS IN BETWEEN THE CUTS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CRANE, G.W., 1912, THE IRON ORES OF MISSOURI: MISSOURI BUR. OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, ZD. SER., V. 10, P. 333

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE ORE LIES BENEATH 2 TO 4 FEET OF SURFACE MATERIALS CONSISTING OF YELLOW, RESIDUAL CLAY, AND WHITE, CHERTY FIRE CLAY. THE ORE CONSISTS CHIEFLY OF A DENSE, LIGHT COLORED, HIGHLY SILICIOUS, PRIMARY LIMONITE. NO PITS HAVE BEEN SUNK TO TEST THE DEPTH OF THE ORE AND ITS LATERAL EXTENT IS NOT KNOWN. MAIN CUT EXPOSES 8 TO 10 FT OF SOLID ORE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1980 Kent, Gordon U.S. Geological Survey

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