Garrison Tract

Occurrence in Wayne 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. 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. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10094346
MRDS ID D005071
Record type Site
Current site name Garrison Tract

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -91.62653, 37.03785 (WGS84)
Relative position LOCATED APPROXIMATELY 4 MILES N. OF CHAONIA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Shannon(county)

Missouri(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Pine Crest(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Spring Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Rolla(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Current(hydrologic unit)

Upper White(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper White(hydrologic subregion)

Arkansas-White-Red(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Missouri Wayne

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
5th Principal 027N 006E 02 NE {LOTS 2, 3, 4} Missouri

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limonite Ore

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -91.62653, 37.03785

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 D. L. Garrison
    Home office Chaonia, Mo.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Unknown
    Overall depth 3.96M

Comments on the workings information

  • SEVERAL SHALLOW TEST PITS HAVE BEEN DUG OVER A WIDELY SCATTERED AREA.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CRANE, G.N., 1912 THE IRON ORES OF MISSOURI, MISSOURI BUR. OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, 2D SER., V.10, P.373

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit TEST PITS SHOW THE ORE TO HAVE VERY LITTLE OVERBURDEN AND TO BE RATHER UNIFORM IN CHARACTER.

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.