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Government Land No. 6

Occurrence in Texas 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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10090805
MRDS ID D005059
Record type Site
Current site name Government Land No. 6

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -90.02648, 37.24229 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Bollinger(county)

Missouri(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Zalma(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Piedmont(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Rolla(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Whitewater(hydrologic unit)

Upper Mississippi-Meramec(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Mississippi-Kaskaskia-Meramec(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Mississippi(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Missouri Texas

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
5th Principal 029N 009W 06 E2 OF NW {LOT 3} Missouri

Comments on the location information

  • SITUATED ON A HILL OF LIMONITE, IT COVERS 1/2 AN ACRE. WITHIN THIS AREA, LITTLE BUT ORE IS SEEN. SANDSTONE BLOCKS ARE THE PRINCIPAL ROCK ASSOCIATED WITH THE ORE, BUT NO LEDGE IS UNCOVERED

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Ocher Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -90.02648, 37.24229
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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

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: 12 MI FROM THE K.C., FT. S. & M. RY.

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. 342

Reporter information

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

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