Cherry Valley No. 1 and 2

Past Producer in Crawford county in Missouri, United States with commodity Iron
Sections on this page
  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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  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 10010097
MRDS ID D003586
Record type Site
Current site name Cherry Valley No. 1 and 2

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -91.26263, 37.95034 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Crawford(county)

Missouri(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Steelville(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 Crawford

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
5th Principal 037N 003W 04 E2 OF SW {PIT NO. 1}; W2 OF SE {PIT NO. 2} Missouri

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION PLOTTED AT CHERRY VALLEY NO. 2

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pyrite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Clay Gangue
Marcasite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Limonite, Clay, Amethystine Quartz

Analytical data

Result PARTIAL ANALYSES OF ORE FROM NO. 1 : 57.18 % METALLIC IRON, 0.082 % PHOSPHORUS (SAMPLE IS SOFT HEMATITE ORE)
Result 58.888 % METALLIC IRON, 0.085 % PHOSPHORUS. COMPLETE ANALYSIS OF ORE FROM NO. 1 : 65.87 % METALLIC IRON, 0.022 % PHOSPHORUS, 0.159 % SULPHUR, 3.06 % SILICA, 1.27 % ALUMINA, 0.28 % LIME, 0.07 % MAGNESIA.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Roubidoux
    Rock description Roubidoux
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician

Nearby scientific data

(1) -91.26263, 37.95034

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR CANOE SHAPE (NO. 1)
    Depth to top 7.62M

Comments on the geologic information

  • FOSSILS OCCUR IN THE SPECULAR ORES. QUARTZ CRYSTALS CONTAIN FLUID INCLUSIONS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1879

Mining district

District name Southeast Missouri

Land status

Ownership category County

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Sligo Furnace Co.
  • Type Owner
    Owner Meramec Iron Co.

Comments on the production information

  • LARGEST PRODUCERS AMONG ALL OF MISSOURI'S FILLED-SINK HEMATITE DEPOSITS.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall length 274.32M
    Overall width 152.4M

Comments on the workings information

  • LENGTH AND WIDTH IS FOR PIT NO. 2 . DEPTH FOR SAME IS 150 FT. PIT NO. 1 IS 480 FT. LONG, 250 FT. WIDE, 97 FT. MAXIMUM DEPTH.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPOSIT IS NEARLY HORIZONTAL EXCEPT AT THE EXTREME EASTERN END WHERE IT IS SPLIT INTO AN UPPER AND LOWER LEVEL. THE LOWER LEVEL PITCHES 22 DEGREE NE AND IS SEPARATED FROM THE NEARLY HORIZONTAL UPPER LEVEL BY 35 FT. OF ROCK. CONTACT WITH WALLROCK IS SHARP.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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