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Russell Mountain

Past Producer in Iron 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. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10101471
MRDS ID D003726
Record type Site
Current site name Russell Mountain

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -90.70317, 37.57563 (WGS84)
Relative position FOUR MILES WEST OF IRONTON

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Iron(county)

Missouri(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Ironton(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Farmington(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 Iron

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
5th Principal 003E 033N 03 SE Missouri

Comments on the location information

  • SITUATED ON THE UPPER NORTHEAST SLOPE OF RUSSELL MOUNTAIN

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Hematite Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -90.70317, 37.57563
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR SEAM, DISSEMINATIONS
    Strike N90W (E-W)
    Dip 30 S
    Thickness 1.83M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1872

Mining district

District name Southeast Missouri

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Puxico Iron Co. ( 1912 )
  • Type Owner
    Owner Big Muddy Coal And Iron Co.
    First year 1912

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall length 121.92M
    Overall width 6.1M

Comments on the workings information

  • A SERIES OF SHALLOW, OPEN CUTS WITH SHORT INCLINES.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WINSLOW, A., HAWORTH, E., AND NASON, F., 1894 , A REPORT ON THE IRON MOUNTAIN SHEET INCLUDING PORTIONS OF IRON, ST. FRANCOIS AND MADISON COUNTIES: MISSOURI GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, 1ST SER., V. 9 , SHEET REPORT NO. 3 , P. 137 - 138 , 262 .

  • Deposit

    CRANE, G. W., 1912 , THE IRON ORES OF MISSOURI: MISSOURI BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, 2ND SER., V. 10 , P. 137 - 138 , 262 .

  • Deposit

    NASON, FRANK L., 1892 , A REPORT ON THE IRON ORES OF MISSOURI: MISSOURI GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, 1ST SER., V. 2 , P. 320 .

  • Production

    NASON, FRANK L., 1892 , MISSOURI GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, 1ST SER., V. 2 , P. 320 .

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE ORE OCCURS IN A SINGLE IRREGULAR SEAM WHICH STRIKES NEARLY EAST AND WEST WITH THE SLOPE OF THE HILL AND DIPS 30 DEG. OR MORE TO THE SOUTH. IT IS UNDERLAIN BY BRECCIATED PORPHYRY WHICH GRADES UPWARD INTO THE THINLY BANDED ORE. IT IS OVERLAIN BY A COARSE-GRAINED, DARK GREEN PORPHYRY CONTAINING DISSEMINATED FINELY CRYSTALLINE HEMATITE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1978 Sherwood, Liz U.S. Geological Survey

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