Bourbon Deposit

Prospect in Crawford county in Missouri, United States with commodities Iron, Water, Free
Sections on this page
  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. Mineral rights holdings
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Reserves and resources
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10121884
MAS/MILS ID 0290550008
Record type Site
Current site name Bourbon Deposit
Alternate or previous names Bourbon Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -91.24733, 38.15426 (WGS84)
Elevation 286
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Crawford(county)

Missouri(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Sullivan(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Sullivan(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Saint Louis(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Bourbeuse(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 Crawford

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
5th Principal 040 N 003 W 34 Missouri

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary
Water, Free Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Actinolite Unknown
Apatite Unknown
Biotite Unknown
Bornite Unknown
Calcite Unknown
Chalcopyrite Unknown
Epidote Unknown
Fluorite Unknown
Garnet Unknown
Hematite Unknown
Ilmenite Unknown
Magnetite Unknown
Pyrite Unknown
Quartz Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -91.24733, 38.15426

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 610M
    Length 671M
    Width 671M
    Area 280HA
    Depth to top 805M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 FISSURE VEIN
    Shape of Orebody #1 DOMELIKE
    Type of Orebody #2 REPLACEMENT
    Type of Orebody #3 OTHER
    Primary mode of Origin MAGMATIC DIFFER
    Secondary mode of Origin CONT METASOMATIC
    Primary Ore Control FAULTING
    Secondary Ore Control OTHER
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. MODERATE
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 PROPYLITIC
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #2 SERICITIC
    Minimum Depth to Top 500
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 5
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Total Surface Area (HA) 280
    Date of Last Modification 820322

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant Yes
Discovery year 1931
Mining method Open Stope - Room and Pillar
Milling method Flotation

Mining district

District name South East Missouri

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Minerals Only
Type of mineral rights Fee Ownership

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Azcon Corp.
    Interest 50
    Home office New York
    Year 1978
  • Type Owner
    Owner National Steel Co.
    Interest 50
    Home office Ohio
    Year 1978

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1962
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Iron Fe 35 wt-pct Iron Major 1962
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1969
    Indicated 181440000mt ore
    Demonstrated 181440000mt ore
    Total resources 181440000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Iron Fe 40 wt-pct Iron Major 1969

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • OW: AZCON CORP. & NATIONAL STEEL CO. DATA BASE SHOWS 30 WT. PCT. IRON. MINERALOGY RESEMBLES THAT OF PILOT KNOB (MAS SEQ # 0290930003)

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 0M
    Overall depth 1120M
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method PROPOSED
    Mining Method SUBLEVEL 10-43
    Swell Factor .71
    Percent Waste Rock 0
    Percent Recovery 80
    Hardness of Rock HARDROCK WITH LITTLE WATER
    Rock Characteristics NO PLANES OF WEAKNESS
    Rock Support Chars. SUPPORTING MAY BACK SLAB
    Mine Support Chars. POST, HEADBOARD, CAPS, ROOF BOLTS
    Number of Shafts 2
    Capacity 14300
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Unit Production Cost 9.95
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Operating Days per Year 365
    Operating Shifts per Day 3
    Year of Information 1982

Comments on the workings information

  • EXACT LAND HOLDINGS OF THE COMPANIES WAS NOT AVAILABLE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

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    BEVERIDGE, T.R. CURRENT MINERAL EXOLORATION IN MISSOURI.

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    MIN. CONG. J., V. 48, NO. 5, MAY 1962, PP. 63-65.

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    CHRISTIANSEN, C.R. IRON ORE MINING IN MISSOURI. SKILLINGS'

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    MIN. REV., V. 51, NO. 5, FEBRUARY 3, 1962, P. 11.

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    EMERY, J.A. GEOLOGY OF THE PEA RIDGE IRON ORE BODY. CH. IN

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    ORE DEPOSITS OF THE UNITED STATES, 1933-1967, ED. BY

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    J.D. RIDGE. AIME, NEW YORK, V. 1, 1968, PP. 359-361.

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    FRIETSCH, R. ON THE MAGMATIC ORIGIN OF IRON ORES OF THE

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    KIRUNA TYPE. ECON. GEOL., V. 73, 1978, PP. 478-485.

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    HAYCOCKS, C. SUBLEVEL STOPING. CH. IN SME MINING ENGINEER-

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    ING HANDBOOK, ED. BY A.B. CUMMINS AND I.A. GIVEN.

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    AIME, NEW YORK, V. 1, 1973, PP. 12-140 - 12-150.

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    HEYL, A.V., M.R. BROCK, J.L. JOLLY, C.E. WELLS. REGIONAL

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    STRUCTURE OF THE SOUTHEAST MISSOURI AND ILLINOIS-

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    KENTUCKY MINERAL DISTRICTS. U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL.

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    1202-B, 1965, 20 PP.

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    HOPPE, R.W. AND R.A. THOMAS. MINORCA FIRES COAL AND MAIN-

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    TAINS CLEAN AIR. ENG. AND MIN. J., V. 180, NO. 9,

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    SEPTEMBER 1979, PP. 82-88, 91.

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    IRVINE, J.C. MERAMEC'S BIG BLAST: BREAKS 3 MILLION TONS OF

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    ORE BY MERGING NEW TECHNOLOGY WITH PRACTICAL KNOWHOW.

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    ENG. AND MIN. J., V. 178, NO. 2, FEBRUARY 1977,

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    PP. 51-55.

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    KISVARSANYI, E.B. (ED.). STUDIES IN PRECAMBRIAN GEOLOGY,

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    WITH A GUIDE TO SELECTED PARTS OF THE ST. FRANCOIS

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    MOUNTAINS, MISSOURI. MO. DEPT. OF NAT. RES., GEOL.

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    SURVEY RI 61, 1976, PP. 2-183.

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    MCMILLAN, W.D. EXPLORATION OF THE BOURBON MAGNETIC ANOMALY,

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    CRAWFORD COUNTY, MISSOURI. BUMINES RI 3961, OCTOBER

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    1946, 9 PP.

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    MINING WORLD. AMERICAN ZINC-GRANITE CITY DRILLING PROGRAM

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    COMPLETED. V. 24, NO. 11, OCTOBER 1962, P. 37.

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    SNYDER, F.G. GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS, MIDCONTINENT

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    UNITED STATES. CH. IN ORE DEPOSITS OF THE UNITED

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    STATES, 1933-1967, ED. BY J.D. RIDGE. AIME, NEW YORK,

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    V. 1, 1968, PP. 257-268.

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    SNYDER, F.G. PRECAMBRIAN IRON DEPOSITS IN MISSOURI. ECON.

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    GEOL. MONO. 4, 1969, PP. 231-238.

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    WEIGEL, W.W. THE INSIDE STORY OF MISSOURI'S EXPLORATION

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    BOOM - PART 2. ENG. AND MIN. J., V. 166, NO. 12,

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    DECEMBER 1965, PP. 81-83, 161-162.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPOSIT WAS EVALUATED AT EASTERN FIELD OPERATIONS CENTER.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 09-MAR-95 Takosky, P. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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