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Nicholson Bank

Past Producer in Washington 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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Land status
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10101580
MRDS ID D005079
Record type Site
Current site name Nicholson Bank

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -91.17985, 37.79562 (WGS84)
Elevation 274
Relative position LOCATED 8 MILES S.W. OF IRONDALE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Crawford(county)

Missouri(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Davisville(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)

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 Washington

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
5th Principal 036N 002E 33 NE Missouri

Comments on the location information

  • SITUATED BELOW THE CREST ON BOTH SIDES OF A SOUTHEAST TRENDING RIDGE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -91.17985, 37.79562
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form BOULDERS
    Depth to top 0M

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-Operator
    Owner W. E. Nicholson
    Home office Belgrade, Mo.

Comments on the production information

  • NICHOLSON REPORTED THAT A SMALL AMOUNT OF ORE WAS HAULED TO BONNE TERRE AND USED AS A FLUX IN LEAD SMELTING

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF SEVERAL TEST PITS THAT WERE SUNK ON THE OUTCROP WHICH HAVE SINCE BEEN FILLED IN BY CAVING.

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: 8 MI FROM THE ST. LOUIS, IRON MOUNTAIN AND SOUTHERN RY.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CRANE, G.W., 1912, THE IRON ORES OF MISSOURI, MISSOURI BUR. OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, 2D. SER., V.10, P.345

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE ORE CONTAINS NO CHERT, BUT A SMALL AMOUNT OF SAND.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1980 Schneider, Norma J U.S. Geological Survey

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