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Sligo Bank

Occurrence in Dent 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. Alteration
  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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10010156
MRDS ID D003713
Record type Site
Current site name Sligo Bank

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -91.56042, 37.45563 (WGS84)
Relative position 13 MILES SOUTH OF SALEM

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Dent(county)

Missouri(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cedargrove(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Spring Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Rolla(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Current(hydrologic unit)

Upper White(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper White(hydrologic subregion)

Arkansas-White-Red(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Missouri Dent

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
5th Principal 006W 032N 23 SE Missouri

Comments on the location information

  • SITUATED AT THE HEAD OF A SMALL RAVINE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Alteration

  • (Local) Limonite

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Sand and Gravel
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Chemical Sediment > Chert

Nearby scientific data

(1) -91.56042, 37.45563
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form BOULDERS
    Length 54.86M
    Width 39.62M
    Depth to top 0M

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE OUTCROP COVERS AN AREA 130 FT. BY 180 FT. WITHIN WHICH THE SURFACE IS THICKLY STREWN WITH BOULDERS OF SPECULAR HEMATITE AND SECONDARY LIMONITE. OUTCROP IS LIMITED ON THE NORTH AND WEST BY BLOCKS OF FERRUGINOUS SANDSTONE AND FRAGMENTS OF CHERT-SAND BRECCIA, AND ON THE EAST AND SOUTH BY A SMALL RAVINE WITH SLOPES COVERED BY A THICK MANTLE OF RESIDUAL CHERT.

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 Sligo Furnace Co.

Comments on development

  • NO DEVELOPMENTS HAVE BEEN MADE.

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. 231 - 232

Reporter information

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

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