Chrisco Land

Occurrence in Shannon 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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10010923
MRDS ID D005010
Record type Site
Current site name Chrisco Land

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -90.59955, 37.38035 (WGS84)
Relative position THREE MILES NORTH OF TIMBER

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Iron(county)

Missouri(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Des Arc NE(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Piedmont(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Rolla(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper St. Francis(hydrologic unit)

St. Francis(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Mississippi-St. Francis(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Mississippi(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Missouri Shannon

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
5th Principal 031N 004W 17 SW Missouri

Comments on the location information

  • SITUATED ON THE WEST POINT OF A HILL

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -90.59955, 37.38035

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form BOULDERS
    Length 60.96M
    Width 45.72M
    Depth to top 0M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Southeast Missouri District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Daniel Chrisco

Comments on the workings information

  • 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, ZD SER., V. 10, P. 32

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE OUTCROP IS NOT A PROMISING ONE ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1980 Kent, Gordon U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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