Commodities
PrimaryIron
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsSurface/Underground
Orebody formIRREGULAR CANOE SHAPE (NO. 1)
Materials
Ore mineralsPyrite
GangueCalcite, Clay, Marcasite, Quartz
Geology
Host rockSandstone · Roubidoux
AlterationLimonite, Clay, Amethystine Quartz
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1879
Identification
Deposit ID10010097
MRDS IDD003586
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates37.95034, -91.26263
References
SRC.REF: NASON, FRANK L., 1892 , A REPORT ON THE IRON ORES OF MISSOURI: MISSOURI GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, 1ST SER., V. 2 , P. 155 - 156 .BRETZ, J. HARLEN, 1950 ORIGIN OF THE FILLED SINK-STRUCTURES AND CIRCLE DEPOSITS OF MISSOURI: GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA BULLETIN, V. 61 , P. 789 - 834 .NASON, FRANK L., 1892 , A REPORT ON THE IRON ORES OF MISSOURI: MISSOURI GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, 1ST SER., V. 2 , P. 129 - 138 .CRANE, G.W., 1912, THE IRON ORES OF MISSOURI: MISSOURI BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, 2ND SER., V. 10, P. 205-209.DIREXPL PENETRATED 300 FT. WITHOUT FINDING ROCK IN SIT