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Piatt Land

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. 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 10090803
MRDS ID D005052
Record type Site
Current site name Piatt Land

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -90.59483, 37.32896 (WGS84)
Relative position ONE MILE WEST OF TIMBER P.O.

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 030N 004W 05 NW Missouri

Comments on the location information

  • A LARGE DISCREPANCY OF THREE TO FOUR MILES EXISTS BETWEEN THE ABOVE STATED POSITION AND CRANE'S (1912) INITIAL LOCATION OF PIATT LAND: NW 1/4, SEC. 5. THE ORE OUT CROPS OVER SMALL AREAS ON BOTH THE EAST AND WEST SLOPES OF A HIGH RIDGE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Clay Gangue
Marcasite Gangue

Nearby scientific data

(1) -90.59483, 37.32896
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form BOULDERS
    Depth to top 0M

Comments on the geologic information

  • GASCONADE DOLOMITE CROPS OUT AT FREQUENT INTERVALS FROM THE BASE TO THE CREST OF THE RIDGE.

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 Piatt, Samuel

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CRANE, G.W., 1912, THE IRON ORES OF MISSOURI: MISSOURI BUR. OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, ZD. SER., V. 10, P. 331

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE ORE IS COMPACT AND IS HIGHLY PSEUDOMORPHOUS AFTER MARCASITE AND IS FREE FROM CHERT. IN THE N.E. 1/4 OF THIS SECTION, HOWEVER, THE ORE IS VERY CHERTY.

Reporter information

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

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