Howe Mill Bank

Occurrence in Dent 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. 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 10010147
MRDS ID D003700
Record type Site
Current site name Howe Mill Bank
Alternate or previous names Huzzah Howe's Mill Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -91.27346, 37.65812 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Dent(county)

Missouri(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Howes Mill Spring(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 Dent

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
5th Principal 003W 034N 09 Missouri

Comments on the location information

  • THIS BANK OCCURS ON AN ISOLATED HILL SURROUNDED ON ALL SIDES BY DEEP RAVINES.

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
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Chemical Sediment > Chert

Nearby scientific data

(1) -91.27346, 37.65812

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

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 15.24M

Comments on the workings information

  • 2 SHAFTS, ONE 50 FT. DEEP.

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: DEPOSIT IS OPEN AT DEPTH, OUTCROP VERY PROMISING

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. 227 .

  • Deposit

    NASON, FRANK L., 1892 , A REPORT ON THE IRON ORES OF MISSOURI: MISSOURI GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, 1ST SER., V. 2 , P. 222 .

  • Production

    NASON, F.L., 1892, P. 319.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit LAYERS OF COMPACT BOULDER ORE WITH INTERSTITIAL LIMONITE AND SOFT RED HEMATIVE.

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.