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Speer's Mountain

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 10010940
MRDS ID D005033
Record type Site
Current site name Speer's Mountain

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -91.72986, 37.21507 (WGS84)
Elevation 216

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Texas(county)

Missouri(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Summersville(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Spring Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Rolla(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Current(hydrologic unit)

Upper White(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper White(hydrologic subregion)

Arkansas-White-Red(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Missouri Wayne

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
5th Principal 029N 007E 03 W2 OF NW {LOT 2} Missouri

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATED ON THE TOP OR INCLINING A LITTLE TOWARDS THE EASTERN SLOPE OF A HILL

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limonite Ore
Chert Gangue

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -91.72986, 37.21507
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form BOULDERS
    Length 45.72M
    Width 13.72M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Southeast Missouri District

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CRANE, G.W., 1912 THE IRON ORES OF MISSOURI, MISSOURI BUR. OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, 2D SER., V. 10, P. 384

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THIS DEPOSIT IS AN ALMOST SOLID MASS LYING IRREGULARLY OVER AN AREA OF ABOUT 45 FEET WIDE, AND 150 FEET ALONG THE RIDGE. THE ORE IS POROUS AND CONTAINS CHERT.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1980 Schneider, Norma J U.S. Geological Survey

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