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Plank 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. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10101467
MRDS ID D003707
Record type Site
Current site name Plank Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -91.6032, 37.71478 (WGS84)
Relative position FOUR MILES WEST OF GANO, P. O.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Dent(county)

Missouri(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Salem(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 006W 035N 33 Missouri

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limonite Ore
Amethyst Gangue
Clay Gangue
Jasper Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Clay, Mud
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Chemical Sediment > Chert

Nearby scientific data

(1) -91.6032, 37.71478
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR

Comments on the geologic information

  • WALLS OF THE PIT SHOWED BEDS OF CHERT, SANDSTONE, AND STRATIFIED CLAY ALL DIPPING TOWARDS THE CENTER OF PIT. NO LIMESTONE PRESENT.

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 Plank (Estate)

Comments on the production information

  • ANNUAL PRODUCTION IS FOR THE LAST HALF OF 1892.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall depth 79.25M
    Overall length 100.58M
    Overall width 64.01M

Comments on the workings information

  • PIT IS 50 FT. DEEP. SOUTHWEST SHAFT WAS 160 FT. DEEP, SOUTHEAST SHAFT 260 FT. DEEP. THESE SHAFTS CONNECTED BY A DRIFT.

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: TO THE EAST AND SOUTH, NO RIM-ROCK IS IN EVIDENCE AND IN THESE DIRECTIONS LIE THE POSSIBILITIES OF A FURTHER EXTENSION OF THE ORE BODY (CRANE, G.W., 1912).

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CRANE, G. W., 1912 , THE IRON ORES OF MISSOURI: MISSOURI BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, 2D SER., V. 10 , P. 229 .

  • Deposit

    NASON, FRANK L., 1892 , A REPORT ON THE IRON ORES OF MISSOURI: MISSOURI GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, 1ST SER., V. 2 , P. 223 .

  • Production

    CRANE, G. W., 1912 , MISSOURI BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, 2D SER., V. 10 , P. 229 . NASON, F.L., 1892, P. 319.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SPECULAR AND SOFT HEMATITE ORE WAS OVERLAIN BY LIMONITE. THE DRIFT BETWEEN THE TWO SHAFTS WAS IN ORE THROUGHOUT ITS ENTIRE DISTANCE.

Reporter information

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

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