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Hurt Bank

Past 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. 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. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10010927
MRDS ID D005016
Record type Site
Current site name Hurt Bank

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -90.59594, 37.38757 (WGS84)

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 N2 OF NW Missouri

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATED THREE MILES NORTH OF TIMBER (CRANE, 1912). A DISCREPANCY OF ABOUT TWO MILES EXISTS BETWEEN THIS AND CRANE'S INITIAL LOCATION OF HURT BANK: N 1/2, NW 1/4, SEC 17, T31N, R4W. THE BANK IS SITUATED NEAR THE BASE OF A RIDGE ON THE NORTH SIDE OF BARREN FORK.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Clay Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Clay, Mud

Nearby scientific data

(1) -90.59594, 37.38757
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form BOULDERS

Comments on the geologic information

  • ORE IS GOOD GRADE, CONTAINING VERY LITTLE CHERT AND APPARENTLY NO SULPHUR.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
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 Hurt, Samuel

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 6.1M

Comments on the workings information

  • THE ONLY DEVELOPMENTS CONSIST OF ONE SHAFT 20 FEET DEEP.

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 327

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit OVER AN AREA OF ABOUT A HALF AN ACRE THE SURFACE IS THICKLY COVERED WITH ORE FRAGMENTS.

Reporter information

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

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