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O'Keefe Bank No. 1

Occurrence in Wayne 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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10010233
MRDS ID D003812
Record type Site
Current site name O'Keefe Bank No. 1

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -90.60705, 37.00424 (WGS84)
Relative position THREE-QUARTERS OF A MILE SOUTHEAST OF GRANITE BEND STATION

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Wayne(county)

Missouri(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Piedmont SE(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Piedmont(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 Wayne

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
5th Principal 027N 004E 10 N2 OF SE Missouri

Comments on the location information

  • SITUATED IN A DEEP RAVINE WHICH PITCHES TO THE SOUTHEAST FROM THE OLD GRANITE BEND QUARRY

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chert Gangue
Clay Gangue

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -90.60705, 37.00424
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form PIPE AND BOULDERS

Comments on the geologic information

  • ORE IS ALMOST ENTIRELY OF THE PIPE VARIETY. ROUBIDOUX SANDSTONE OVERLAPS THE PREC GRANITE. GASCONADE LIMESTONE IS EXPOSED IN THE LOWER 40 FT. OF THE VALLEYS.

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 P. O'Keefe ( 1912 )

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • SEVERAL TONS OF ORE HAVE BEEN TAKEN FROM ONE SHALLOW PIT.

Comments on the workings information

  • A SHALLOW PIT

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. 363

  • Reserve-Resource

    CRANE, G. W., 1912 , THE IRON ORES OF MISSOURI: MISSOURI BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, 2D SER., V. 10 , P. 363 .

Reporter information

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

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