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Cedar Bay Mine

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. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10010100
MRDS ID D003591
Record type Site
Current site name Cedar Bay Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -90.68733, 37.09785 (WGS84)
Relative position TWO MILES NORTH OF LEEPER.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Wayne(county)

Missouri(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mill Spring(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Piedmont(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Rolla(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Black(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 028N 003E 14,23 Missouri

Comments on the location information

  • SITUATED AT THE HEAD OF A RAVINE IN AN AREA OF THICK RESIDUUM.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limonite Ore
Marcasite Ore
Pyrite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate)
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician

Nearby scientific data

(1) -90.68733, 37.09785
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form PIPE
    Depth to top 6.1M
    Depth to bottom 12.19M

Comments on the geologic information

  • ALTERNATING LAYERS OF CLAY AND CHERT ARE BENT AND WARPED. LIMESTONE IS BELOW, SANDSTONE ABOVE THE CLAY AND CHERT LAYERS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1882
Year of last production 1888

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner J. L. Clarkson, Sr. And J. G. Clarkson (Heirs Of) ( 1912 )

Comments on the production information

  • SEVERAL THOUSAND TONS OF ORE WAS MINED AND SHIPPED FROM 1882 TO 1888.

Comments on the workings information

  • THE LARGE CUT IS 40 FT DEEP

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    NASON, FRANK L., 1892 , A REPORT ON THE IRON ORES OF MISSOURI: MISSOURI GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, 1ST SER., V. 2 , P. 162 - 164 .

  • Deposit

    CRANE, G.W., 1912 , THE IRON ORES OF MISSOURI: MISSOURI BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, 2ND SER., V. 10 , P. 351 .

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ORE PIPE CONSISTS OF CHERT FRAGMENTS HELD TOGETHER BY LIMONITE AND IS AT RIGHT ANGLES TO HORIZONTAL LAYERS OF CLAY AND CHERT.

Reporter information

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

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