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Chilton Bank

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10010924
MRDS ID D005011
Record type Site
Current site name Chilton Bank

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -90.62511, 37.1609 (WGS84)
Relative position ONE MILE NW OF EMINENCE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Wayne(county)

Missouri(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Piedmont(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 029N 004W 27 NE OF NW Missouri

Comments on the location information

  • SITUATED ON A LOW SPUR OF GASCONADE LIMESTONE NOT OVER FORTY FEET ABOVE THE LEVEL OF JACKS-FORK

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Analytical data

Result ANALYSIS OF THE SECONDARY LIMONITE: 59.47% IRON, 3.14% SILICA, 0.161% PHOSPHORUS, 0.076% SULFUR, 8.45% COMBINED WATER, AND 1.07% MOISTURE.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
    Rock unit name Gasconade
    Rock description Gasconade

Nearby scientific data

(1) -90.62511, 37.1609
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form MASSIVE BLOCKS OR LEDGE
    Thickness 1.22M
    Length 54.68M
    Width 27.43M
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 1.22M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Southeast Missouri District

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner J. H. Darr
    First year 1912

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.025HA
    Overall depth 1.22M

Comments on the workings information

  • A NUMBER OF SHALLOW PITS, ONE 4 FT DEEP

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Analytical Data

    SRC.REF: CRANE, G.W., 1912, THE IRON ORES OF MISSOURI: MISSOURI BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, ZD SER., V. 10, P. 324.

  • Deposit

    CRANE, G.W., 1912, THE IRON ORES OF MISSOURI: MISSOURI BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, ZD. SER., V. 10, P. 324.

  • Deposit

    NASON, FRANK L., 1892, A REPORT ON THE IRON ORES OF MISSOURI: MISSOURI GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, 1ST SER., V. 2, P. 261.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE ORE LIES IN A DEPRESSION IN THE DOLOMITE AND SHALLOW PITS SHOW THE ORE TO BE NOT OVER THREE TO FOUR FEET THICK. THE ORE IS ENTIRELY FREE OF SAND AND CHERT.

Reporter information

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

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