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Knox Bank

Occurrence in Crawford 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. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10010135
MRDS ID D003682
Record type Site
Current site name Knox Bank

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -91.21596, 37.97923 (WGS84)
Relative position EIGHT MILES EAST OF STEELVILLE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Crawford(county)

Missouri(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Huzzah(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)

Federal lands

Mark Twain National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Missouri Crawford

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
5th Principal 003W 038N 26 E2 OF SE Missouri

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limonite Ore

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) -91.21596, 37.97923
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form BOULDERS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Southeast Missouri

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Huzzah Iron Co.

Comments on the workings information

  • ONE SHALLOW PIT

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: DEVELOPMENTS CONSIST OF SEVERAL CHURN DRILL HOLES AND ONE SHALLOW PIT. ONE DRILL HOLE LOCATED NEAR THE CREST OF THE HILL AND AT WHAT WOULD APPEAR TO BE NEAR THE CENTER OF THE SINK SHOWED NO ORE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CRANE, G. W., 1912 , THE IRON ORES OF MISSOURI: MISSOURI BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, 2D SER., V. 10 , P. 217

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ORE OCCURS AS SCATTERED SANDY LIMONITE BOULDERS EMBEDDED IN SURFACE CLAY.

Reporter information

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

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