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Jamison Mine

Past Producer in Dent 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. Workings at the site
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10101465
MRDS ID D003702
Record type Site
Current site name Jamison Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -91.54903, 37.58534 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Dent(county)

Missouri(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Darien(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Rolla(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Missouri Dent

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
5th Principal 006W 033N 01 SW Missouri

Comments on the location information

  • THE MINE IS ON A VAST PLATEAU DIVIDING THE WATERS OF THE MERAMEC FROM THOSE OF THE CURRENT RIVER. THIS BANK OCCUPIES THE HIGHEST POINT ON A RATHER FLAT, SEMI-CIRCULAR HILL WHICH LIES AROUND A NEARLY CIRCULAR DEPRESSION.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartz Gangue

Nearby scientific data

(1) -91.54903, 37.58534
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form BOULDERS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Southeast Missouri

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 3.05M

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CRANE, G. W., 1912 , THE IRON ORES OF MISSOURI: MISSOURI BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, 2D SER., V. 10 , P. 228 .

  • Deposit

    NASON, FRANK L., 1892 , A REPORT ON THE IRON ORES OF MISSOURI: MISSOURI GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, 1ST SER., V. 2 , P. 319 , 222 .

  • Production

    NASON, FRANK L., 1892 , MISSOURI GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, 1ST SER., V. 2 , P. 319 .

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ANOTHER SMALLER DISTRICT, WITH ROUNDED SURFACE ORE, IS SEEN ABOUT SIX HUNDRED FT. TO THE NORTHWEST, AND ANOTHER IN A SMALL RAVINE TO THE SOUTH ( CRANE, 1912 ). ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Deposit THE ORE IS IN PART PURE, IN PART MIXED WITH QUARTZ. SOME BOULDERS ARE TWO OR THREE FT. IN DIAMETER.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1979 Sherwood, Liz U.S. Geological Survey

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