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Bear Mountain Bank

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. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10094275
MRDS ID D003589
Record type Site
Current site name Bear Mountain Bank

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -90.69205, 37.22507 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Wayne(county)

Missouri(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Piedmont(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Piedmont(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Rolla(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper St. Francis(hydrologic unit)

St. Francis(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Mississippi-St. Francis(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Mississippi(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 003E 02 NW Missouri

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATED ON THE BASE OF BEAR MOUNTAIN

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limonite Ore
Clay Gangue

Analytical data

Result SAMPLE FROM CHERTY LIMONITE: 52.41 % METALLIC IRON, 0.037 % SULPHUR, 0.067 % PHOSPHORUS

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Chemical Sediment > Chert

Nearby scientific data

(1) -90.69205, 37.22507
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form SEAMS, PIPE
    Length 76.2M
    Width 15.24M

Comments on the geologic information

  • ON THE SURFACE MUCH ORE IS OF STALACTITIC STRUCTURE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Mississippi River District Southeast Missouri

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall depth 9.14M

Comments on the workings information

  • SEVERAL EXPLORATORY SHAFTS AND CUTS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Analytical Data

    SRC.REF: NASON, FRANK L., 1892 , MISSOURI GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, 1ST SER., V. 2 , P. 178

  • Deposit

    NASON, FRANK L., 1892 , A REPORT ON THE IRON ORE OF MISSOURI: MISSOURI GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, 1 ST SER., V. 2 , P. 178, 267 - 268

  • Deposit

    CRANE G.W., 1912 , THE IRON ORES OF MISSOURI: MISSOURI BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, 2ND SER., V. 10 , P. 348 .

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1979 Sherwood, Liz U.S. Geological Survey

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