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I M Towell Land + 1 more nearby (Past Producer)Levi C Dalton Land (Prospect)Ripley County Land (Prospect)J T Williams Land (Prospect)P Stoops Land (Past Producer)Mo Lumber + Mining Co Shaft No 2 + 1 more nearby (Past Producer)Unknown - Iron (Past Producer)D B Young Bank (Prospect)Asel Ponder Land (Past Producer)D K Ponder Land (Past Producer)C H Martin Land No 2 (Prospect)C H Martin Land No 3 (Prospect)Mo Lumber + Mining Co Tract No 13 (Prospect)King Bee Ranch (Past Producer)
Past ProducerProducerProspectOccurrenceStatus unknown
14 paw pins; nearby sites are grouped into one pin. Hover or tap a pin for the site name. 1 site(s) with USGS coordinates outside the outline are not pinned. County outline: US Census Bureau cartographic boundary file (2023). Locations approximate.

Field cards: what kind of sites?

10
Past Producer

Produced ore or material at some point in the past.

7
Prospect

Explored or test-dug, with no recorded production.

Status terms come from USGS MRDS records.

Minerals recorded here

No individual minerals are listed in these records.

Commodities

Iron 17

Sites

SiteCommodityMinerals recordedStatusApprox. location
Unknown - IronIron—Past Producer36.604, -90.902
P Stoops LandIron—Past Producer36.553, -90.937
Ripley County LandIron—Prospect36.566, -90.969
Levi C Dalton LandIron—Prospect36.579, -90.963
D K Ponder LandIron—Past Producer36.610, -90.820
I M Towell LandIron—Past Producer36.537, -91.005
Mo Lumber + Mining Co Shaft No 2Iron—Past Producer36.758, -90.911
Asel Ponder LandIron—Past Producer36.610, -90.822
D B Young BankIron—Prospect36.627, -90.823
Mo Lumber + Mining Co Tract No 13Iron—Prospect36.782, -90.633
C H Martin Land No 3Iron—Prospect36.545, -90.798
C H Martin Land No 2Iron—Prospect36.568, -90.812
J T Williams LandIron—Prospect36.574, -90.955
Unknown - IronIron—Past Producer36.542, -93.211
King Bee RanchIron—Past Producer36.740, -90.628
Mo Lumber + Mining Co Shaft No 1Iron—Past Producer36.754, -90.911
W W Stephens LandIron—Past Producer36.541, -91.010

Fossil collections

The Paleobiology Database lists 2 fossil collection records in Ripley County. These are research records, not public dig sites.

Nearby counties

Carter County · Butler County · Oregon County · Wayne County · Shannon County

Missouri mineral guides

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Related articles

How we built this page: we counted named sites in the USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) for this area, left out sand, gravel, crushed stone, clay pits and unnamed sites, grouped them by Census county, and linked every site to its USGS record. We did not visit these sites, and MRDS does not tell you who owns the land or whether collecting is allowed.

Source: USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS). USGS ceased systematic updates to MRDS around 2011, so status and details may be out of date. Each site links to its USGS record.

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