Commodities
PrimaryIron
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsSurface/Underground
Orebody formLENTICULAR MASSES
Ore controlBroken Sandstone And Chert With Interstitial Specular Ore, Which Appears To Be Pseudomorphous After Pyrite.
Materials
Ore mineralsLimonite
GangueClay, Pyrite
Geology
Host rockSandstone,Dolomite,Chert
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1879
Last production1907
Identification
Deposit ID10010145
MRDS IDD003698
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates37.77034, -91.55764
References
CRANE, G. W., 1912 , THE IRON ORES OF MISSOURI: MISSOURI BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, 2D SER., V. 10 , P. 226 - 227 .NASON, FRANK L., 1892 , A REPORT ON THE IRON ORES OF MISSOURI: MISSOURI GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, 1ST SER., V. 2 , P. 319 , 221 .ITEM 8 : CRANE, G. W., 1912 , MISSOURI BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, 2D SER., V. 10 , P. 227 . ITEM 9 : NASON, FRANK L., 1892 , MISSOURI GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, 1ST SER., V. 2 , P. 319 .