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Prewitt Mountain

Occurrence in Washington 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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10010961
MRDS ID D005064
Record type Site
Current site name Prewitt Mountain

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -91.16346, 37.74784 (WGS84)
Elevation 366
Relative position LOCATED 16 MILES S.W. OF IRONDALE.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Crawford(county)

Missouri(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Viburnum West(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Rolla(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Rolla(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Meramec(hydrologic unit)

Upper Mississippi-Meramec(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Mississippi-Kaskaskia-Meramec(hydrologic subregion)

Upper 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 Washington

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
5th Principal 035N 002E 16 Missouri

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Tertiary

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -91.16346, 37.74784
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form BOULDERS
    Depth to top 0M

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

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner O. W. Ramsey, Bismarck And S. C. Crommer
    Home office Belgrade, Mo.

Comments on the workings information

  • A TEST PIT 12 FEET IN DEPTH ON THE TOP OF THE SPUR ENCOUNTERED DRUSY QUARTZ AND DECOMPOSED CHERT FRAGMENTS, BUT NO ORE WAS FOUND.

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. 345

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE ORE IN THE OUTCROP IS QUITE POROUS AND THE CAVITIES CONTAINED SILICIOUS, OCHEROUS MATERIAL.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1980 Schneider, Norma J 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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