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Rogers Bank

Occurrence in Iron 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. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10010168
MRDS ID D003729
Record type Site
Current site name Rogers Bank

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -91.00956, 37.68617 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Iron(county)

Missouri(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Viburnum East(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Rolla(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)

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 Iron

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
5th Principal 001W 034N 02 Missouri

Comments on the location information

  • THIS BANK IS SITUATED ON THE SUMMIT OF A HIGH DIVIDE BETWEEN TWO FORKS OF BLACK RIVER.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Clay Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Roubidoux Sandstone;Gasconade Dolomite
    Rock description Roubidoux Sandstone;Gasconade Dolomite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Chemical Sediment > Chert

Nearby scientific data

(1) -91.00956, 37.68617
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LAYERS

Comments on the geologic information

  • SANDSTONE AND CHERT BEDS DIP STEEPLY DOWN THE SLOPES OF THE HILL. LIMESTONE IS FOUND IN HORIZONTAL BEDS IN THE RAVINES.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Southeast Missouri

Comments on the workings information

  • SEVERAL SMALL OPENINGS HAVE BEEN MADE

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: FROM THE EXTENT OF THE DEPOSIT AS INDICATED BY THE OPENINGS, THE FINE QUALITY OF ORE, AND ITS SOFT NATURE INDICATING LITTLE DISTURBANCE, THE DEPOSIT IS PROBABLY A VALUABLE ONE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CRANE, G. W., 1912 , THE IRON ORES OF MISSOURI: MISSOURI BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, 2ND SER., V. 10 , P. 264 .

  • Deposit

    NASON, FRANK L., 1892 , A REPORT ON THE IRON ORES OF MISSOURI: MISSOURI GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, 1ST SER., V. 2 , P. 225 .

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SPECULAR ORE LAYERS ARE BROKEN INTO BOULDERS, WHICH HAVE BEEN ALMOST ENTIRELY CHANGED TO SOFT RED CRYSTALLINE ORE. FRAGMENTS OF SPECULAR ORE ARE ALSO EMBEDDED IN CLAYEY SOIL.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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

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