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Iron Hill Mine

Past Producer in Shannon 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 10101574
MRDS ID D005017
Record type Site
Current site name Iron Hill Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -90.53372, 37.00757 (WGS84)
Relative position ABOUT 1 1/2 MILES NORTHEAST OF BIRCHTREE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Wayne(county)

Missouri(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Piedmont SE(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Piedmont(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)

Federal lands

Mark Twain National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Missouri Shannon

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
5th Principal 027N 005W 14 NE OF SW Missouri

Comments on the location information

  • SITUATED ON THE CREST OF A HIGH, CHERT COVERED HILL

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Clay Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) Gasconade Dolomite
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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 District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner J. W. Woods

Comments on the production information

  • ABOUT ONE CAR LOAD OF ORE HAS BEEN MINED AND SHIPPED.

Comments on the workings information

  • TWO CIRCULAR PITS ABOUT 30 FT WIDE AND 6 FT DEEP HAVE BEEN MADE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CRANE, G.W., 1912, THE IRON ORES OF MISSOURI: MISSOURI BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, ZD SER., V. 10, P. 327

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit LIMONITE OUTCROPS OVER AN AREA 100 YDS IN DIAMETER. THE ORE IS A POROUS, SECONDARY LIMONITE THE CAVITIES OF WHICH CONTAIN CONSIDERABLE CLAY AND SOME DRUSY QUARTZ.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1980 Kent, Gordon U.S. Geological Survey

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