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Camels Hump

Prospect in Crawford county in Missouri, United States with commodities Iron, Water, Free
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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. Mineral rights holdings
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10171279
MRDS ID W016778
MAS/MILS ID 0290550009
Record type Site
Current site name Camels Hump
Alternate or previous names Czar Knob, Camel's Hump
Related records 10072188

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -91.23203, 37.79816 (WGS84)
Elevation 385
Location accuracy 10(meters)

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 Crawford

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
5th Principal 036 N 003 W 35 SWNENW Missouri

Comments on the location information

  • DEPOSIT LOCATION IS APPROXIMATE CENTER OF ST. JOE FEDERAL LEASE AREA. THE PLANT CAPACITY WAS 549000 MTPY. PUBLIC LAND SURVEY DATA INDICATES APPROX. CENTER OF DEPOSIT AREA. FEDERAL LEASE IS FOR: T.36N., R.3W., 5TH PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, SEC. 34: E1/2E1/2; SEC. 35: W1/2NW1/4. PRIVATE OWNERSHIP AREAS ARE WITHIN SECTIONS 26, 27, & 35 OF T.36N., R.3W., 5TH MERIDIAN. THIS DEPOSIT HAS BEEN EVALUATED AT THE EASTERN FIELD OPERATIONS CENTER. VARIOUS DATA BASED UPON INFORMATION SUPPLIED BY R.D. HAGNI UNDER FEDERAL BUREAU OF MINES GRANT NO. GO 264016.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary
Water, Free Tertiary

Materials information

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

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) Eminence Dolomite, Potosi Dolomite
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N00S
    Dip 60W
    Thickness 65M
    Length 1772M
    Width 711M
    Area 20HA
    Depth to top 363M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 OTHER
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Primary mode of Origin MAGMATIC DIFFER
    Secondary mode of Origin CONT METASOMATIC
    Primary Ore Control FRACTURING
    Secondary Ore Control OTHER
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. SLIGHT
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 SERICITIC
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #2 PROPYLITIC
    Strike And Dip N00S:60W
    Minimum Depth to Top 335
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 2
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. .6
    Total Surface Area (HA) 20
    Date of Last Modification 820322

Comments on the geologic information

  • MASSIVE, KIRUNA TYPE ORE BODY. ADDITIONAL MODE OF ORIGIN: HYDROTHERMAL.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant Yes
Discovery year 1964
Mining method Caving Methods - Sublevel Caving
Milling method Magnetic

Mining district

District name South East Missouri

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Federal Lease
Type of mineral rights Fee Ownership

Land status

Ownership category Mixed

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner St. Joe Minerals Corp.
    Interest 78
    Home office New York
    Year 1982
  • Type Owner
    Owner U.S. Government
    Interest 22
    Home office Dist Of Columbia
    Year 1982

Comments on the ownership information

  • BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT IS THE AGENT FOR THE FEDERAL GOVT.; THE U.S.F.S. AND U.S.G.S. HAVE ADMINISTRATIVE CONTROL OVER THE MINING AND SURFACE USE OF THE LAND. FEDERAL LEASE WITH ST. JOE HAS SERIAL NO. BLMA 047260.

Comments on the production information

  • MILL CUSTOM CHARGE GIVEN FOR UNIT PRODUCTION COST. NO MILL INVESTMENT REQUIRED. ORE CONCENTRATED AT A CUSTOM MILL.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • TONNAGES AND GRADE REPORTED IN WET VALUES.
  • OTHER NAME: CZAR KNOB. MINERALOGY RESEMBLES THAT OF PEA RIDGE (0292210020) DATA BASE SHOWS 53.5 WT. PCT. IRON.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 0M
    Overall depth 989M
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method PROPOSED
    Mining Method SUBLEVEL CAVING 10-75
    Swell Factor .71
    Percent Waste Rock 6
    Percent Recovery 85
    Hardness of Rock HARDROCK WITH LITTLE WATER
    Rock Characteristics MULTIPLE SYSTEMS OF WEAKNESS PLANES
    Rock Support Chars. SUPPORTING MAY BACK SLAB
    Mine Support Chars. POST, HEADBOARD, CAPS, ROOF BOLTS
    Number of Shafts 2
    1st Condition of Workings NO MINE ENTRY
    Capacity 1900
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Unit Production Cost 19.52
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Operating Days per Year 365
    Operating Shifts per Day 3
    Year of Information 1982

Comments on other economic factors

  • MINE OUTPUT FROM CAMELS HUMP (SEQ. NO. 0290550009) SENT TO MILL AT BOURBON (SEQ. NO. 0290550008). CUSTOM CHARGE ASSESSED FOR CONCENTRATION AND PELLETIZATION OF ORE. ORE FROM BOTH MINES BLENDED FOR MILL FEED.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    REGIONAL STRUCTURE OF THE SOUTHEAST MISSOURI AND

  • Deposit

    ILLINOIS-KENTUCKY MINERAL DISTRICTS. U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY

  • Deposit

    BULL. 1202-B, 1965, 20 PP.

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    OF ORE BY MERGING NEW TECHNOLOGY WITH PRACTICAL

  • Deposit

    KNOWHOW. ENG. AND MIN. J., V. 178, NO. 2,

  • Deposit

    FEBRUARY 1977, PP. 51-55.

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    WITH A GUIDE TO SELECTED PARTS OF THE ST. FRANCOIS

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    PRATT, W.P. (ED.). METALLIC MINERAL-RESOURCE POTENTIAL

  • Deposit

    OF THE ROLLA 1 X 2 QUADRANGLE, MISSOURI, AS APPRAISED

  • Deposit

    IN SEPTEMBER 1980. U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN FILE REPT.

  • Deposit

    81-518, 1981, PP. 26-34.

  • Deposit

    SISSELMAN, R. (ED.). E/MJ OPERATING HANDBOOK OF MINERAL

  • Deposit

    UNDERGROUND MINING. MC GRAW-HILL, INC. NEW YORK,

  • Deposit

    1978, PP. 344-355.

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

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

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 09-MAR-1995 D J G U.S. Bureau of Mines

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