Iron Knob

Occurrence in Wayne 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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Land status
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10010101
MRDS ID D003592
Record type Site
Current site name Iron Knob
Alternate or previous names Clark's Mountain

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -90.63567, 37.21424 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Wayne(county)

Missouri(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Piedmont(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Missouri Wayne

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
5th Principal 029N 004E 05 W2 OF SE Missouri

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -90.63567, 37.21424

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form BOULDERS (FLOAT)

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFTS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    NASON, F.L., 1892 , A REPORT ON THE IRON ORES OF MISSOURI: MISSOURI GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, 1ST SER., V. 2 , P. 42

  • Deposit

    CRANE, G.W., 1912 , THE IRON ORES OF MISSOURI: MISSOURI BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, 2ND SER., V. 10 , P. 347

  • Deposit

    SNYDER, FRANK G., 1968 , "GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS, MIDCONTINENT UNITED STATES" IN RIDGE, J.D. ED., ORE DEPOSITS OF THE UNITED STATE 1933 - 1967 . (GRATON-SALES VOLUME): NEW YORK, AM. INST. MINING, METALL. PETROLEUM ENGINEERS, V. 1 , P. 264

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit LARGE BOULDERS OF SPECULAR HEMATITE ORE EMBEDDED IN CLAY. SOURCE OF BOULDERS NOT FOUND BUT IS BELIEVED TO BE A VEIN IN PRECAMBRIAN RHYOLITE PORPHYRY.
Deposit IRON KNOB INDICATES SOUTHERN LIMITS OF KNOWN IRON MINERALIZATION ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 3 FIELD OBSERV

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.