Leora Land

Occurrence in Stoddard 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. 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 10010958
MRDS ID D005057
Record type Site
Current site name Leora Land

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -91.96237, 37.03368 (WGS84)
Relative position 1 1/2 MILES TO THE NW OF GIVENS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Howell(county)

Missouri(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Willow Springs North(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Spring Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Rolla(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Eleven Point(hydrologic unit)

Upper White(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper White(hydrologic subregion)

Arkansas-White-Red(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Missouri Stoddard

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
5th Principal 027N 009E 01,02 Missouri

Comments on the location information

  • IT IS SITUATED ON HILLS CAPPED WITH TERTIARY GRAVELS.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Goethite Ore
Limonite Ore
Chert Gangue

Nearby scientific data

(1) -91.96237, 37.03368

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form BOULDERS
    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 E. A. P. Briney
    Home office Bloomfield, Mo.

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. 337

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ORE CONSISTS OF CELLULAR, PRIMARY LIMONITE, CONTAINING SAND AND CHERT.

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.