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Smith N.W. Land

Occurrence in Texas 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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Workings at the site
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10094345
MRDS ID D005058
Record type Site
Current site name Smith N.W. Land

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -90.06815, 37.32729 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Bollinger(county)

Missouri(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Glenallen(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Piedmont(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Rolla(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Whitewater(hydrologic unit)

Upper Mississippi-Meramec(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Mississippi-Kaskaskia-Meramec(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Mississippi(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Missouri Texas

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
5th Principal 030N 009W 04 SE OF SW Missouri

Comments on the location information

  • SITUATED ON A VERY GRADUAL SLOPE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Tertiary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -90.06815, 37.32729
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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

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall depth 3.66M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF SEVERAL SHALLOW PITS DUG ON A VERY GRADUAL HILL FROM FIVE TO TWELVE FEET DEEP. FROM A FEW OF THESE PITS SEVERAL LARGE BOULDERS OF A FAIR QUALITY OF LIMONITE WERE REMOVED. LIMESTONE AND ORE ARE ASSOCIATED ON THIS SLOPE.

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: 23 MI FROM THE K.C., FT. S. & M. RY.

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. 342

Reporter information

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

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