Johnson Lewis 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. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10010968
MRDS ID D005074
Record type Site
Current site name Johnson Lewis Bank
Alternate or previous names Lewis Bank

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -91.61792, 37.0934 (WGS84)
Elevation 177

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Shannon(county)

Missouri(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Jam Up Cave(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 006E 15 NE OF SW Missouri

Comments on the location information

  • SITUATED ON A RATHER STEEP SLOPE OF A HILL, COVERING SEVERAL SQUARE YARDS

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limonite Ore
Chert Gangue
Sand Gangue

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -91.61792, 37.0934

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 George D. Saxton

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: 5 MI FROM THE W., G. & N. RY

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 ONLY A FEW BOULDERS AND CHIPS OF SILICEOUS ORE OCCUR ON THE SURFACE.

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.