Little Piney Bank No. 1

Occurrence in Phelps 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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10010204
MRDS ID D003776
Record type Site
Current site name Little Piney Bank No. 1

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -91.88043, 37.86589 (WGS84)
Relative position 4 1/2 MILES SOUTHEAST OF NEWBURG

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Phelps(county)

Missouri(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Kaintuck Hollow(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Rolla(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Rolla(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Gasconade(hydrologic unit)

Gasconade(hydrologic accounting unit)

Gasconade-Osage(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(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 Phelps

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
5th Principal 036N 009W 02 SE OF SE Missouri

Comments on the location information

  • SITUATED IN THE SOUTH FORK OF A SMALL RAVINE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limonite Ore
Clay Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Clay, Mud
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Chemical Sediment > Chert

Nearby scientific data

(1) -91.88043, 37.86589

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Southeast Missouri

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. 299

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE OUTCROP COVERS AN AREA SEVERAL HUNDRED FEET IN DIAMETER AND CONSISTS OF BOULDERS OF LIMONITE INTERMINGLED WITH RESIDUAL CLAY AND CHERT. ORE IS CHIEFLY OF THE STALCTITIC VARIETY. IT CONTAINS SCATTERED FRAGMENTS OF CHERT.
Deposit NO DEVELOPMENTS HAVE BEEN MADE. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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