Wayne Iron and Lumber Company, Land No. 1.

Occurrence in Wayne 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. 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 10010934
MRDS ID D005026
Record type Site
Current site name Wayne Iron and Lumber Company, Land No. 1.

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -91.69375, 37.20451 (WGS84)
Elevation 183
Relative position LOCATED 2 MILES N. OF HIRAM.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Texas(county)

Missouri(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Summersville(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Spring Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Rolla(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Current(hydrologic unit)

Upper White(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper White(hydrologic subregion)

Arkansas-White-Red(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Missouri Wayne

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
5th Principal 029N 007E 08 NE OF NW Missouri

Comments on the location information

  • SITUATED IN A SMALL CUT MADE BY THE WILLIAMSVILLE, GREENVILLE, AND ST. LOUIS RAILWAY WHERE IT CROSSES THE EAST POINT OF A HILL

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limonite Ore
Chert Gangue
Clay Gangue

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -91.69375, 37.20451

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form BOULDERS
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 3.66M

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 Wayne Iron And Lumber Co.
    Home office Greenville, Mo.

Comments on the production information

  • NO ORE HAS BEEN SHIPPED.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall depth 3.66M

Comments on the workings information

  • DEVELOPMENTS CONSIST OF A 12 FOOT PIT SUNK AT THE BOTTOM OF THE CUT. IT IS REPORTED TO SHOW ORE IN CLAY TO THAT DEPTH.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CRANE, G.W., 1912 THE IRON ORES OF MISSOURI, MISSOURI BUR. OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, 2D SER., V. 10, P. 386

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE PROSPECT IS EXPOSED AT INTERVALS FOR A 100 FEET IN THE WEST FACE OF THE CUT AND OCCURS IN LARGE AND SMALL BOULDERS EMBEDDED IN CHERTY CLAY.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1980 Schneider, Norma J U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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