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West Eminence 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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Land status
  11. Ownership information
  12. Workings at the site
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10010929
MRDS ID D005019
Record type Site
Current site name West Eminence Bank

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -90.29954, 37.72562 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

St. Francois(county)

Missouri(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Knob Lick(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Farmington(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Missouri Shannon

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
5th Principal 029N 004W 34 NW Missouri

Comments on the location information

  • THIS BANK IS LOCATED ON THE POINT OF A LIMESTONE HILL ABOUT 100 YARDS EAST OF THE WEST EMINENCE HOTEL

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -90.29954, 37.72562
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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 District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Missouri Lumber And Mining Co.

Comments on the production information

  • A TON OR MORE OF VERY PURE, SECONDARY LIMONITE HAS BEEN TAKEN FROM THE PIT.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall depth 3.66M

Comments on the workings information

  • DEVELOPMENTS CONSIST OF A 12 FOOT PIT.

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. 332

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE WALLS OF THE PIT SHOWED NO ORE AND IT IS PROBABLE THAT THE ORE REMOVED REPRESENTS THE ENTIRE DEPOSIT.

Reporter information

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

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

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