Jines 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. 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 10010967
MRDS ID D005073
Record type Site
Current site name Jines Bank

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -91.70875, 37.06729 (WGS84)
Elevation 165
Relative position LOCATED 7 MILES N.E. OF CHAONIA, MO.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Texas(county)

Missouri(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Pine Crest(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 028N 007E 28 NW Missouri

Comments on the location information

  • SITUATED ON A AREA COVERING 40 ACRES ON THE SOUTH SLOPE AND CREST OF A RIDGE; TAKEN TO BE NEAR THE CENTER OF THE NW 1/4, SEC 28.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limonite Ore

Analytical data

Result ANALYSIS SHOWED ORE TO CONTAIN 42% IRON.

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -91.70875, 37.06729

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 0.91M
    Length 22.86M
    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 F. Jines
    Home office Chaonia, Mo.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall depth 6.1M

Comments on the workings information

  • A 20 FOOT PIT WAS SUNK ON THE CREST OF THE RIDGE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CRANE, G.N., 1912 THE IRON ORES OF MISSOURI, MISSOURI BUR. OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, 2D SER., V.10, P.375

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit A PIT SHOWED LAYERS OF CELLULAR LIMONITE IN BANDS FROM 4 TO 6 INCHES IN THICKNESS ALTERNATING WITH LAYERS OF YELLOWISH. DECOMPOSED CHERT HAVING AN AVERAGE THICKNESS OF THREE FEET. THE PIT BOTTOMED IN DENSE, LOW GRADE ORE.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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