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Parkin Bank

Past Producer in Madison 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 10101474
MRDS ID D003740
Record type Site
Current site name Parkin Bank

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -90.23788, 37.55479 (WGS84)
Relative position THREE MILES EAST OF FREDERICKTOWN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Madison(county)

Missouri(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Higdon(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 Madison

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
5th Principal 033N 007E 14 NW OF NE Missouri

Comments on the location information

  • SITUATED IN AN OLD FIELD NEAR THE HEAD OF A SMALL RAVINE

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
    Rock unit name Bonneterre
    Rock description Bonneterre
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -90.23788, 37.55479
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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
Year of first production 1872

Mining district

District name Southeast Missouri

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner F. J. Parkin ( 1912 )

Comments on the workings information

  • DEVELOPMENTS CONSIST OF SEVERAL SHALLOW PITS WHICH ARE SCATTERED OVER AN AREA OF ABOUT HALF AN ACRE.

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: ORE WAS HAULED BY WAGON TO MINE LAMOTTE AND USED AS A FLUX IN SMELTING LEAD ORE. NO PROSPECTING HAS BEEN DONE TO DEVELOP THE EXTENT OF THE DEPOSIT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CRANE, G. W., 1912 , THE IRON ORES OF MISSOURI: MISSOURI BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, 2ND SER., V. 10 , P. 269

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit BOULDERS OF SECONDARY LIMONITE OUTCROP IN THE RESIDUAL CLAY AND, AT ONE POINT, LIE STREWN OVER THE SURFACE OF THE BONNETERRE DOLOMITE.

Reporter information

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

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