Missouri · Crawford County
Prospect

Camels Hump

Crawford County, Missouri, United States
IronWaterFree
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Commodities
PrimaryIron
TertiaryWater, Free
Commodity typeB
Deposit
WorkingsUnderground
Materials
Other materialsApatite, Biotite, Bornite, Calcite, Chalcopyrite, Epidote, Fluorite, Garnet, Hematite, Magnetite, Pyrite, Quartz
Economic & production
Development statusProspect
Discovery year1964
Identification
Deposit ID10171279
MRDS IDW016778
Alternate namesCzar Knob, Camel's Hump
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates37.79816, -91.23203
References
FRIETSCH, R. ON THE MAGMATIC ORIGIN OF IRON ORES OF THEKIRUNA TYPE. ECON. GEOL., V. 73, 1978, PP. 478-485.HEYL, A.V., M.R. BROCK, J.L. JOLLY, AND C.E. WELLS.REGIONAL STRUCTURE OF THE SOUTHEAST MISSOURI ANDILLINOIS-KENTUCKY MINERAL DISTRICTS. U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEYBULL. 1202-B, 1965, 20 PP.IRVINE, J.C. MERAMEC'S BIG BLAST: BREAKS 3 MILLION TONSOF ORE BY MERGING NEW TECHNOLOGY WITH PRACTICALKNOWHOW. ENG. AND MIN. J., V. 178, NO. 2,FEBRUARY 1977, PP. 51-55.KISVARSANYI, E.V. (ED.). STUDIES IN PRECAMBRIAN GEOLOGY.WITH A GUIDE TO SELECTED PARTS OF THE ST. FRANCOISMOUNTAINS, MISSOURI. MO. DEPT. OF NAT. RES.,GEOLOGICAL SURVEY RI 61, 1976, PP. 2-183.PRATT, W.P. (ED.). METALLIC MINERAL-RESOURCE POTENTIALOF THE ROLLA 1 X 2 QUADRANGLE, MISSOURI, AS APPRAISEDIN SEPTEMBER 1980. U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN FILE REPT.81-518, 1981, PP. 26-34.SISSELMAN, R. (ED.). E/MJ OPERATING HANDBOOK OF MINERALUNDERGROUND MINING. MC GRAW-HILL, INC. NEW YORK,1978, PP. 344-355.SNYDER, F.G. PRECAMBRIAN IRON DEPOSITS IN MISSOURI.ECON. GEOL. MONO. 4, 1969, PP. 231-238.