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Mathews Mountain Bank

Past Producer in Madison 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. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10101473
MRDS ID D003735
Record type Site
Current site name Mathews Mountain Bank

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -90.37232, 37.49035 (WGS84)
Relative position SEVEN MILES SOUTHWEST OF FREDERICKTOWN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Madison(county)

Missouri(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cherokee Pass(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)

Federal lands

Mark Twain National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Missouri Madison

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
5th Principal 006E 032N 03 SE OF NW Missouri

Comments on the location information

  • SITUATED NEAR THE BASE OF THE NORTHWEST SLOPE OF A HIGH PORPHYRY MOUNTAIN, SE1/4NW1/4 SEC. 03

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limonite Ore
Clay Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Clay, Mud
    Rock unit name Bonneterre
    Rock description Bonneterre
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -90.37232, 37.49035
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form BOULDERS

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Contact Between Porphyry And Dolomite

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE BONNETERRE DOLOMITE ORIGINALLY COVERED THE SIDES OF THE PORPHYRY MOUNTAIN, AND THE ORE WAS DEPOSITED AS THE SULPHIDE AT THE CONTACT OF THE DOLOMITE AND PORPHYRY. UPON THE EROSION OF THE DOLOMITE, THE SULPHIDES WERE OXIDIZED TO LIMONITE WHICH IS NOW CONFINED TO THE DETRITAL MATERIAL UPON THE SURFACE (CRANE, G. W., 1912)

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 N. Scott And Co.

Comments on the production information

  • ONE CARLOAD WAS SHIPPED IN THE 1870'S

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall depth 24.38M

Comments on the workings information

  • THERE ARE SEVERAL SMALL PITS AND A SHAFT FROM WHICH ORE WAS OBTAINED.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CRANE, G. W., 1912 , THE IRON ORES OF MISSOURI: MISSOURI BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, 2ND SER., V. 10 , P. 268 .

  • Deposit

    NASON, FRANK L., 1892 , A REPORT ON THE IRON ORES OF MISSOURI: MISSOURI GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, 1ST SER., V. 2 , P. 247 .

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit BOULDERS OF SOFT, RED HEMATITE AND BROWN LIMONITE MIXED WITH SOFT YELLOW OCHER AND RED CLAY OR FRAGMENTS OF PORPHYRY AND CLAY.

Reporter information

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

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