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Long and Colby Bank

Past Producer 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. 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 10101578
MRDS ID D005044
Record type Site
Current site name Long and Colby Bank

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -91.68292, 37.18924 (WGS84)
Relative position 1 MILE N. OF HIRAM

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Texas(county)

Missouri(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Summersville(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Spring Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Rolla(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Current(hydrologic unit)

Upper White(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper White(hydrologic subregion)

Arkansas-White-Red(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 007E 18 NW OF NE Missouri

Comments on the location information

  • SITUATED ON THE NORTH FACE OF A HILL

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limonite Ore

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -91.68292, 37.18924
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form 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 District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Long And Colby
    Home office Greenville, Mo.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall depth 3.05M
    Overall length 9.14M
    Overall width 1.83M

Comments on the workings information

  • ONE OPEN CUT 30 FT LONG, 6 FT WIDE, AND 10 FT DEEP. 150 YD WEST IS A SHALLOW PIT. 100 YDS NORTH IS A PIT 30 FT IN DIAMETER AND 3 FT DEEP.

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: HALF A MI WEST OF THE WILLIAMSVILLE, GREENVILLE AND ST. LOUIS RY.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CRANE, G.W., 1912 THE IRON ORES OF MISSOURI, MISSOURI BUR. OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, 2D SER., V. 10, P. 377

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE DEPOSIT IS LOCATED OVER A VAST AREA. BOULDERS AND LARGE BLOCKS OF POROUS, PRIMARY LIMONITE ORE FORMS ABOUT 80% OF THE MATERIAL IN THE FACE OF THE OPEN CUT.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1980 Schneider, Norma J U.S. Geological Survey

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