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Glenn Emma Mine

Past Producer in Bollinger 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. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10010098
MRDS ID D003587
Record type Site
Current site name Glenn Emma Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -90.06676, 37.27785 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Bollinger(county)

Missouri(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Glenallen(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Piedmont(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Rolla(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Whitewater(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 Bollinger

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
5th Principal 030N 009E 16 NE OF NW Missouri

Comments on the location information

  • MINE IS LOCATED FOUR MILES SOUTHWEST OF GLEN ALLEN AND IS SITUATED NEAR THE BASE OF THE NORTHWEST SLOPE OF A HILL AT A POINT ABOUT 20 FT. ABOVE THE LEVEL OF THE VALLEY

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limonite Ore
Clay Gangue

Analytical data

Result SAMPLE OF CHERTY LIMONITE: 37.36 % METALLIC IRON, TRACE SULPHUR, 0.062 % PHOSPHORUS

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Chemical Sediment > Chert
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician

Nearby scientific data

(1) Roubidoux Formation
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form BOULDERS, CELLULAR

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1875
Year of first production 1873

Mining district

District name Mississippi River District, Southeast Missouri

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall length 60.96M
    Overall width 24.38M

Comments on the workings information

  • THREE IRREGULAR OPEN CUTS UP THE BASE OF THE HILL.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Analytical Data

    SRC.REF: NASON, FRANK L., 1892 , MISSOURI GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, 1ST SER., V. 2 , P. 178

  • Deposit

    NASON, FRANK L., 1892 , A REPORT ON THE IRON ORES OF MISSOURI: MISSOURI GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, 1ST SERV., V. 2 , P. 178.

  • Deposit

    CRANE, G.W., 1912 , THE IRON ORES OF MISSOURI: MISSOURI BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, 2ND SER., V. 10 , P. 160 .

  • Production

    CRANE, G. W., 1912 , MISSOURI BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, 2ND SER., V. 10 , P. 160

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Discovery Year: 1870'S
Deposit ORE IS OF CELLULAR AND CONCRETIONARY TYPE

Reporter information

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

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