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Desloge Land

Occurrence in Washington 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. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10090807
MRDS ID D005063
Record type Site
Current site name Desloge Land

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -90.91206, 37.812 (WGS84)
Elevation 335
Relative position LOCATED 11 MILES S.W. OF IRONDALE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Washington(county)

Missouri(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Palmer(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Farmington(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Rolla(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Meramec(hydrologic unit)

Upper Mississippi-Meramec(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Mississippi-Kaskaskia-Meramec(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Mississippi(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Mark Twain National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Missouri Washington

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
5th Principal 036N 002E 30 Missouri

Comments on the location information

  • SITUATED ALONG THE CREST OF A NE TRENDING RIDGE

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) -90.91206, 37.812
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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 H. Desloge
    Home office Desloge, 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. 345

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE OUTCROP CONSISTS OF BOULDERS OF SECONDARY LIMONITE SCATTERED FOR A DISTANCE OF A QUARTER OF A MILE ON THE N.E. TRENDING RIDGE. NO CHERT OR SAND WAS OBSERVED ASSOCIATED WITH THE ORE. THE ORE VARIES IN TEXTURE FROM DENSE TO SLIGHTLY CELLULAR, THE SMALL CAVITIES OF THE LATTER BEING USUALLY FILLED WITH RED CLAY.

Reporter information

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

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

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