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Arnold Mine

Past Producer in Dent 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. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10101462
MRDS ID D003691
Record type Site
Current site name Arnold Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -91.4757, 37.77506 (WGS84)
Relative position TWO MILES NORTHEAST OF BANGERT

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Dent(county)

Missouri(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cook Station(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Rolla(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Rolla(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Meramec(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 Dent

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
5th Principal 005W 035N 04 SE Missouri

Comments on the location information

  • SITUATED IN A SMALL GULLY ON THE SOUTH SLOPE OF A HIGH RIDGE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Clay Gangue

Analytical data

Result AVERAGE ANALYSIS: 66.66 % IRON, 4.12 % SILICA, 0.023 % PHOSPHORUS, 0.33 % LIME, 0.11 % ALUMINA AND 0.15 % MAGNESIA

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Clay, Mud
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Roubidoux
    Rock description Roubidoux
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate)

Nearby scientific data

(1) -91.4757, 37.77506
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form THIN SEAMS AND BOULDERS
    Depth to top 0M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Southeast Missouri

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Sligo Furnace Co.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall depth 5.49M
    Overall length 36.58M
    Overall width 12.19M

Comments on the workings information

  • THE TWO CUTS ARE FROM 15 TO 18 FT. DEEP.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Analytical Data

    SRC.REF: CRANE, G. W., 1912 , MISSOURI BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, 2D SER., V. 10 , P. 224 .

  • Deposit

    CRANE, G. W., 1912 , THE IRON ORES OF MISSOURI: MISSOURI BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, 2D SER., V. 10 , P. 224 .

  • Deposit

    NASON, FRANK L., 1892 , A REPORT ON THE IRON ORES OF MISSOURI: MISSOURI GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, 1ST SER., V. 2 , P. 319 , 220 .

  • Production

    NASON, FRANK L., 1892 , MISSOURI GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, 1ST SER., V. 2 , P. 319 .

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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