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Grandin Bank

Occurrence 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. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10010952
MRDS ID D005048
Record type Site
Current site name Grandin Bank

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -90.57539, 37.35785 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Iron(county)

Missouri(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Brunot(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 19 SW Missouri

Comments on the location information

  • ABOUT THREE MILES NW OF TIMBER (CRANE, 1912). A DISCREPANCY OF TWO TO THREE MILES EXISTS BETWEEN THIS AND CRANE'S INITIAL LOCATION OF GRANDIN BANK: SW 1/4, SEC 19, T31N, R4W. THE BANK IS SITUATED IN A SMALL GULLY WHICH DROPS PRECIPITOUSLY DOWN A STEEP RIDGE ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF BARREN FORK. NOTE: THE DISCREPANCY PUTS THIS BANK IN EITHER THE ROUND SPRING QUAD. OR THE GLADDEN QUAD.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chert Gangue

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -90.57539, 37.35785
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Depth to top 0M

Comments on the geologic information

  • RESIDUUM IS VERY THIN AS SEVERAL OUTCROPS OF GASCONADE DOLOMITE OCCURS ALONG THE SIDES OF THE SMALL RAVINE IN WHICH THE ORE IS EXPOSED.

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

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. 326

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE OUTCROP OCCURS IN A BELT 40 TO 75 FT WIDE, EXTENDING FROM THE BASE TO THE CREST OF THE RIDGE, A VERTICAL DISTANCE OF 90 FT. THE ORE OCCURS INTERMINGLED WITH FRAGMENTS OF POROUS CHERT.

Reporter information

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

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