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Myers Bank

Past Producer in Bollinger 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. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10101457
MRDS ID D003588
Record type Site
Current site name Myers Bank

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -90.18566, 37.22979 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Bollinger(county)

Missouri(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Gipsy(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 Bollinger

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
5th Principal 030N 008E 32 SE OF NE Missouri

Comments on the location information

  • THE DEPOSIT IS LOCATED ABOUT 9 1/2 MILES NORTHWEST OF ZALMA AND 13 MILES SOUTHWEST OF GLEN ALLEN

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Marcasite Ore

Analytical data

Result SAMPLE FROM CHERTY LIMONITE: 52.06 METALLIC IRON, NO SULPHUR, NO PHOSPHORUS. A TYPE SAMPLE OF THIS ORE SHOWED: 61.32 % IRON, 0.86 % SILICA, 0.041 % PHOSPHORUS, 0.007 % SULPHUR.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician

Nearby scientific data

(1) -90.18566, 37.22979
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Thickness 1.83M
    Length 30.48M

Comments on the geologic information

  • ORE IS AT THE BASE OF CHERT AND LIMESTONE IS EXPOSED 10 OR 15 FEET BELOW ORE LEDGE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Mississippi River District, Southeast Missouri

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Analytical Data

    SRC.REF: NASON, FRANK L., 1892 , P. 178 ; CRANE, G.W., 1912 , P. 156

  • Deposit

    NASON, FRANK L., 1892 , A REPORT ON THE IRON ORES OF MISSOURI: MISSOURI GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, 1ST SERV., V. 2 , P. 178 .

  • Deposit

    CRANE, G.W., 1912 , THE IRON ORES OF MISSOURI: MISSOURI BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, 2ND SER., V. 10 , P. 156 .

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ORE IS ALMOST SOLID, VERY CLOSE GRAINED AND ENTIRELY FREE FROM CHERT AND OTHER VISIBLE IMPURITIES

Reporter information

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

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