"FIELD NOTES FOR SURFACE OUTCROPS, MINE, AND PROSPECT DUMPS" FIELD_ID LATITUDE LONGITUDE ROCK_TYPE ROCK_DESC GSA_001 37.6193 -90.6249 Rhyolitic tuff "Pilot Knob--tuff that underlies the so-called upper ""aglomerate"" iron ores and the thinnly bedded hematite ores. The thinnly bedded tuffs are replaced by hematite ore." GSA_010 37.4502 -90.5421 Rhyolite "(GSA-SEG Brown stop #3) Lower campground tuff (Ylc) of Brown, 1988. Rhyolitic ash flow tuff which underlies the Lake Killarney tuff. Dark-maroon, dense, porphrytic rhyolite of Marble Creek Campground" GSA_011 37.4709 -90.4342 Lake Killarney rhyolitic tuff "(GSA-SEG Brown stop #4) Top of Arnett Mountain. Thin veneer of Lake Killarney Tuff (sampled material ) rests on top of tuff of Marlow Mountain ( Brown, 1988), which was intracaldera fill material from the Marlow Mountain caldera. Dark purplish-grey to maroon colored welded rhyolitic tuff, with flattened pumice and 12-14 % phenocrysts of mostly alkali feldspar." GSA_012 37.4784 -90.4152 Rhyolitic tuff "(GSA-SEG Brown stop #5; Rock Pile Mtn Quad). Tuff of Marlow Mtn (Brown, 1989 SEG guidebook) Ponded intracaldera fill material. Maroon-colored welded rhyolitic tuff with ~8% phenocrysts of quartz and alkali feldspar, lithic clasts and aggregates of iron oxides." GSA_013 37.4633 -90.4054 Rhyolitic tuff "(GSA-SEG Brown stop #6; crest of Little Grassy Mtn, west of parking lot, North entrance to Rockpile Mtn Wilderness). Tuff of Copper Mountain (Brown, 1989 guidebook). Dark purple rhyolite clasts in lighter maroon-colored welded rhyolite tuff. Autobrecciated ash flow tuff with devitrified volcanic glass shards." GSA_014 37.4668 -90.3841 Rhyolitic tuff "(GSA-SEG Brown stop #7; Rockpile Mtn Quad). Tuff of Jones Hollow (Brown, 1989 guidebook). Strongly welded rhyolitic tuff (10% phenocrysts) with flattened pumice ratio 4-6 inches long by 0.25 inch thick." GSA_015 37.4412 -90.346 Granite dike "(GSA-SEG Brown stop #9) Hypabyssal granitic dike cutting rhyolite. Megacrysts of quartz, feldspar, and rapakivi feldspars set in medium-grained matrix. Equivalent to Butler Hill Granite?" GSA_016 37.4411 -90.3462 Rhyolite "(GSA-SEG Brown stop #9) Host black rhyolite. Tuff breccia with red rhyolite clasts in black (70% SiO2) rhyolite matrix. Map unit Ybr (black rhyolite and breccia; Brown 1989 guidebook). Location estimated from description in guidebook, mileage off relative to described location of pond and mapped logging roads." GSA_017 37.4637 -90.2094 Andesite (GSA-SEG Brown stop #10; Cottoner Mtn). Black porphyritic andesite with <10% phenocrysts of altered plagioclase (1-5 mm in diameter). GSA_018 37.5578 -90.4432 Silvermine Granite (GSA-SEG stop #3-2 Silvermine district). Silvermine Granite taken ~200 feet east of Einstein adit (from foundation of old mill site) Lat-Long locaiton approximate. GSA_019 37.5577 -90.4438 Vein in Silvermine Granite "(GSA-SEG stop #3-2 Silvermine district). Vein with topaz, flourite, quartz in Silvermines Granite. Host greissenized granite has secondary k-spar with trace of desiminated sulfides, now oxidized. Taken from outcrop uphill from Einstein adit. Lat-long location approximate." GSA_002 37.6189 -90.6243 Rhyolitic tuff (GSA-SEG field trip stop #3) Pilot Knob area. Sample of purple rhyolite tuff. GSA_020 37.5578 -90.443 Vein in Silvermine Granite "(GSA-SEG stop #3-2 Silvermine district). Vein with open-space filling of epidote, actinolite, flourite, and topaz in Silvermine Granite. From Einstein mine dump." GSA_021 37.5578 -90.443 Ore from Einstein mine (GSA-SEG stop #3-2 Silvermine district). Ore material from Einstein mine dump with sphalerite+chalcopyrite+quartz+topaz. GSA_022 37.5578 -90.443 Ore from Einstein mine (GSA-SEG stop #3-2 Silvermine district). Sample of sphalerite+chalcopyrite from Einstein mine dump (Gary Sidder's sample=GBS22). GSA_023 37.6669 -90.6482 Graniteville Granite Graniteville Granite (with polished surface). From Missouri Red quarry east of US 21 ~1 mile north of turnoff for Elephant Rocks State Park. GSA_003 37.6186 -90.6246 Rhyolitic tuff with iron oxide replacement (GSA-SEG field trip stop #4). Bedded tuff replaced by iron oxide. Less iron oxide replacement than at GSA-1. Unit is lateral equivalent to that mined along front part of mine (at stop 4). GSA_004 37.6205 -90.6328 Siderite-quartz from Lower Pilot Knob Lower Pilot Knob dump. Siderite+quartz from ore (rare occurance). GSA_004A 37.4132 -90.5824 Rhyolitic tuff "(GSA-SEG stop #1) Tile-red tuff (Ytr) of Brown, 1988. Tile-red color (diagnostic feature), fine-grained densely welded tuff with plagioclase and alkali feldspar phenocrysts. Eliptically shaped lithophysae. Basal lithophysal zone" GSA_005 37.4143 -90.584 Rhyolitic tuff "Tuff at Crane Pond (Ycp) of Brown, 1988." GSA_006 37.4145 -90.5427 Ryholite of Mountain View "(GSA-SEG stop #2) Ryholite of Mountain View (Ymv) of Brown, 1988. Flow-banded rhyolite with <6% phenocrysts of alkali feldspar and quartz. " GSA_007 37.4205 -90.5405 Rhyolite "(GSA-SEG stop #2) Upper ridge ryholite (Yur) of Brown, 1988. Lithic ttuff with beautiful red lithic clasts in fine-grained tuff matrix. " GSA_008 37.4227 -90.5444 Rhyolite "(GSA-SEG stop #2) Upper ridge rhyolite (Yur) of Brown, 1988. Red upper ridge tuff with characteristic color and texture. " GSA_009 37.4227 -90.5444 Andesite "(GSA-SEG stop #3) Lower andesite (Yla) of Brown, 1988. Trachyandesite south of Marble Creek campground." IGCP1_1 37.7291 -90.4275 Butler Hill Granite "(IGCP stop #1-1) Butler Hill Granite. Biotite-granite microperthite holocrystalline course-grained rapakivi granite. Forms central pluton in Bultler Hill caldera and surrounded by ring intrusions (Stono Mtn, Silvermines, Slabtown, and Knblick Granites)." IGCP1_2 37.6634 -90.3855 Knoblick Granite "(IGCP stop #1-2) Knoblick Granite of the ring intrusion suite of Kisvarsani. Medium-grained biotite-hornblende granite with alkali-feldspar porphyries. Metaluminous granite with assessory minerals of zircon, apatite, magnetite. Granite intrudes ash-flow aphanitic rhyolite." IGCP1_3 37.6067 -90.3391 Slabtown Granite (IGCP stop #1-3) Slabtown Granite of the ring intrusion suite of Kisvarsanyi. Fine-grained amphibole equigranular granite. Thought to be a subvolcanic/hypabysal intrusion; thought to be oldest of this ring complex. IGCP2_1A 37.697 -90.541 Breadtray Granite (No IGCP stop number). Breadtray Granite. IGCP2_3 37.5204 -90.8355 Munger Granite (IGCP stop #2-3) Taum Sauk Power Plant area. Munger granite hypabyssal intrusion along the margin of the Taum Sauk caldera. IGCP2_3A 37.5204 -90.8355 Taum Sauk rhyolitic tuff (IGCP stop #2-3) Taum Sauk Power Plant area. Taum Sauk rhyolitic ash flow tuff. IGCP2_4 37.6669 -90.6482 Graniteville Granite (IGCP stop #2-4) Graniteville Granite. Course-grained equigranular muscovite-biotite alkali granite. Accessories of flourite+pyirte+topaz+alunite+monazite common. Eva Kisvarsanyi classified this as a high heat producing granite suite (HHP) with U potential. IGCP3_1 37.8309 -90.2326 Gneiss Hawn State Park. Older pre-volcanic gneiss--basement? Course-grained foliated hornblende-biotite tonalitic to granodioritic gneiss IGCP3_2 37.8319 -90.2327 Rhyolite dike Hawn State Park. Porphyritic (megacrystic) rhyolite dike. IGCP3_3 37.8328 -90.2326 Gneiss Hawn State Park. Foliated biotite granodiorite gneiss. IGCP4 37.5663 -90.3502 Grassy Mountain Ignimbrite (rhyolite) (IGCP stop #1-4) Grassy Mountain Ignimbrite. Ryolite erupted from the Butler Hill caldera. Outcrop has basaltic dike cutting rhyolite. IGCP5 37.5578 -90.443 Einstine mine (IGCP stop #1-5) Silver Mine Recreational Area; Einstein mine area. IGCP5A 37.5702 -90.4626 Mafic-granitic magma mingling (No IGCP stop number). Tiemann Shut-in at Mill Stream Gardens Conservation Area. Evidence of mafic-granitic magma mixing on polished outcrops along St. Francois River. Mafic pillows with lobate margins in Silvermine Granite suggests mafic magma present during emplacement of the Silvermine ring intrusion. Is the mafic phase evidence for the source of heat for generating the crustal melts? MGS28_1 37.5288 -90.6772 Dark Purple rhyolite-Ketcherside Mtn Dark purple rhyolite on Ketcherside Mountain. MGS28_4 37.5283 -90.6748 Black rhyolite-Ketcherside Mtn Black rhyolite on Ketcherside Mountain. MGS31_2 37.517 -90.6747 Black rhyolite-Ketcherside Mtn Dark gray to black fine-grained ash fall tuff from Ketcherside Mountain. MGS37_2 37.5114 -90.6776 Royal Gorge Rhyolite-Ketcherside Mtn Royal Gorge Rhyolite on Ketcherside Mountain; flow-banded K-spar bearing ignimbrite. MGS37_3 37.5136 -90.6769 Royal Gorge Rhyolite-Ketcherside Mtn Royal Gorge Rhyolite on Ketcherside Mountain; flow-banded K-spar bearing ignimbrite. MGS37_4 37.514 -90.6767 Royal Gorge Rhyolite-Ketcherside Mtn Royal Gorge Rhyolite on Ketcherside Mountain; flow-banded K-spar bearing ignimbrite. MGS38_3 37.5681 -90.6979 Royal Gorge Rhyolite-Russell Mtn Royal Gorge Rhyolite on Russell Mountain flow-banded K-spar bearing ignimbrite. MGS38_4 37.5686 -90.6979 Royal Gorge Rhyolite-Russell Mtn Royal Gorge Rhyolite on Russell Mountain flow-banded K-spar bearing ignimbrite. MGS38_6 37.5695 -90.6978 Royal Gorge Rhyolite-Russell Mtn Royal Gorge Rhyolite on Russell Mountain flow-banded K-spar bearing ignimbrite. MO88_001 37.6318 -90.6455 Jasperoid breccia-Cedar Hill iron prospect Jasperoid breccia from Cedar Hill iron deposit. MO88_002 37.6318 -90.6455 Polymict breccia-Cedar Hill iron prospect dump Polymict breccia from Cedar Hill iron mine dump. MO88_003 37.6318 -90.6455 Hematite-replacement of host rhyolite-Cedar Hill iron prospect " Ore of hematite replacement of host rhyolite from Cedar Hill iron mine dump, west side of mountain." MO88_004 37.477 -90.6219 "Trachyte, Crane Loookout tower" Trachytic volcanic flow MO88_005 37.6194 -90.6251 Clastic rock with hematite matrix-Upper Pilot Knob "Bedded ash-rich horizons interlayered with cobble- to pebble-size clasts of rhyolite. Fine-grained ash horizons seem to be replaced by hematite. Cross beds, ripple marks, rain drops, mudcracks indicate shallow aqueous environment. Syn-depositional with exhalative iron-oxide hydrothermal fluids in near shore caldera mote lake?" MO88_006 37.6191 -90.6248 Rhyolite clasts replaced by hematite-Upper Pilot Knob Top of Pilot Knob see clasts of hematite in sedimentary breccia and clasts replaced by hematite indicating syn- to post-ore sedimentation. Iron mobility during diagensis as well as post-ore sedimentation. MO88_007 37.6191 -90.6249 Banded iron ore-Upper Pilot Knob Banded iron ore-Upper Pilot Knob iron deposit. MO88_008 37.6191 -90.6249 Rain-drop depressions in banded hematite sediment-Upper Pilot Knob Rain-drop depressions in banded hematite sediment-Upper Pilot Knob. MO88_009 37.6995 -90.6394 Magnetite + actinolite ore-Iron Mountain Magnetite + actinolite ore sample from Iron Mountain iron deposit. MO88_010 37.6995 -90.6394 Magnetite+actinolite+apatite Presumed ore grade sample of magnetite+actinolite+apatite from Iron Mountain iron deposit. MO88_011 37.9659 -90.9988 "Trachyte, Floyd Tower" Trachyte from Flyod Tower area. MO88_012 38.0414 -90.9194 Trachyte from Indian Creek mine dump Trachyte sample from Indian Creek mine dump materials. MO88_015 37.6195 -90.6243 Top of Pilot Knob: Hematite clasts in water-lain conglomerate Top of Pilot Knob: Iron-rich clasts in water-lain conglomerate. MO88_016 37.6196 -90.6335 Brecciated host rock with calcite and flourite in matrix Brecciated host rock with calcite and flourite in matrix from Lower Pilot Knob mine dump. MO88_017 37.6196 -90.6335 Andesite host rock from Lower Pilot Knob dump Host volcanic rock (andesite) from Lower Pilot Knob mine dump. MO88_018 37.6196 -90.6335 Magnetite ore Magnetite ore from Lower Pilot Knob mine dump. MO88_019 37.6196 -90.6335 Altered host rock from Lower Pilot Knob dump Magnetite-altered host rhyolite from Lower Pilot Knob mine dump. MO88_020 37.6196 -90.6335 Ore breccia with magnetite clasts Breccia with ore-stage magnetite cemented by chlorite and calcite from Lower Pilot Knob mine dump. MO89_004 37.6992 -90.6395 Grassy Mountain Ignimbrite (Iron Mt) Grassy Mountain Ignimbrite host for Iron Mountain iron deposit. Maroon rhyolite porphyry with 8 percent broken phenocrysts of feldspar>quartz and flattened pumice and lithic fragments. MO89_005A 37.6992 -90.6395 Grassy Mountain Ignimbrite (Iron Mt) Grassy Mountain Ignimbrite rhyolite host for Iron Mountain iron deposit. MO89_005B 37.6992 -90.6395 Green alteration veins in Grassy Mountain Ignimbrite (Iron Mt) Quarry (Hayes Cut) is east of the underground iron ore body (west of trap rock operations). Flows dip east so these flows would overlie buried old mine workings (and ore). MO89_006 37.6997 -90.6402 Hematite vein in host rhyolite Iron Mountain: Beautiful hematite (altered magnetite?) veins cross cutting host rhyolite. First nice cut along old road. MO89_007 37.6997 -90.6402 Host rhyolite clasts in hematite ore Iron Mountain: Host rhyolitic clasts invaded by hematite (altered magnetite?). MO89_008 37.6997 -90.6402 Large apatite? (or altered amphibole) in hematite Iron Mountain: Large apatite(?) or altered amphibole in hematite ore. MO89_009 37.6997 -90.6402 Quartz vein in hematite clast Iron Mountain: Late-stage quartz vein cutting lithic clast in ore breccia. MO89_010 37.6997 -90.6402 Apatite(?)/altered amphibolie and hematite Iron Mountain: Apatite(?)/altered amphibolie and hematite. MO89_011 37.6997 -90.6403 Deep read apatite(?)/altered amphibole crystals Iron Mountain: Deep read apatite(?)/altered amphibole crystals. MO89_012 37.6997 -90.6403 Interstital quartz within hematite ore Iron Mountain: interstital quartz within hematite ore for possible fluid inclusion work. MO89_013 37.6698 -90.6403 Quartz pod within hematite ore Iron Mountain: quartz pod within hematite ore. See beautiful 8 inch long blades of actinolite that form basketball-shaped pod. MO89_114 37.6113 -90.6489 Shepherd Mountain Rhyolite host to iron deposit Sepherd Mountain: Dark maroon welded fresh rhyolite with 15 percent flattened pumice up to 1.5 ft long; 10-15 percent feldspar phenocrysts with some broken. Unit shows flow layering dipping N50E-34S. Interpreted as rhyolitic ignimbrite. MO89_115 37.6106 -90.6464 Quartz+magnetite-Shepherd Mountain iron deposit dump Shepherd Mountain: Ore deposit is steeply dipping magnetite vein cutting host rhyolite. Mine workings 200ft long 50ft wide and strike N50E-80SW. Ore course grained magnetite with trace (<1 percent) pyrite. Phylosicicates in vugs (late stage gauge mineral). Very simple system. Alteration of host limited to margins of magnetite vein and is reddening of host. MO89_116 37.6102 -90.647 Massive magnetite ore-Shepherd Mountain iron deposit dump Massive magnetite ore-Shepherd Mountain iron deposit mine dump. MO89_117 37.6102 -90.647 Massive magnetite ore with rhyolite clast-Shepherd Mountain iron deposit dump Massive magnetite ore with rhyolite clast-Shepherd Mountain iron deposit mine dump. MO89_118 37.6102 -90.647 Altered host rock-Shepherd Mountain iron deposit Altered host rhyolite 1 ft from magnetite ore vein. Alteration extends only 10-15 ft out from vein-Shepherd Mountain iron ore deposit. MO89_119 37.6063 -90.646 Hematite+quartz fragment in Shepherd Mountain Rhyolite Hematite+quartz fragment in Shepherd Mountain Rhyolite. Implies at least some ore formation was pre-volcanism here. MO89_120 37.6074 -90.6482 Mafic xenolith in host rhyolite host-Shepherd Mountain iron deposit Mafic xenolith in host rhyolite host-Shepherd Mountain iron deposit. MO89_121 37.6075 -90.6477 Massive magnetite ore-Shepherd Mountain iron deposit dump Massive magnetite ore-Shepherd Mountain iron deposit mine dump. MO89_122 37.6076 -90.6473 Catclastic breccia on southern margin of iron ore vein-Shepherd Mountain Shepherd Mountain deposit: Catclastic breccia on southern margin of iron ore vein-Shepherd Mountain MO89_123A 37.5913 -90.6574 Rhyolite ash flow tuff Unit Yr of Pratt and others (1979). Dark maroon colored ash flow tuff with lithic fragments of dark brown to black mafic volcanics. Phenocryts ~10 percent with no flattened pumice fragments. MO89-123B 37.5912 -90.6573 Mafic lithic clast in rhyolite "More mafic lithic clast in rhyolite. Unit overlies Shepherd Mountain Rhyolite (unit Ys of Pratt and others, 1979)." MO89_124 37.5961 -90.6584 Rhyolite ash flow tuff Unit Ys of Pratt and others (1979). Shepherd Mountain Ryholite (Cedar Bluff Rhyolite). Brownish-maroon crystal-rich ash flow tuff with broken plagioclase phenocrysts (20-40 percent) with occasional more mafic clasts. MO89_125 37.6288 -90.6419 Rhyolite ash flow tuff breccia of Cedar Hill area Rhyolite tuff breccia with angular red and black fragments (pebble to boulder sized) with maroon-colored tuff matrix. Locally silicified matrix with boxwork texture of open space filling. Quartz and epidote veins. Cedar Hill area: parked at Baptist Church walked NNE along outcrop. Unit Ys Pratt and others (1979). MO89_126 37.6294 -90.6424 Banded rhyolite ash flow tuff on Cedar Hill Flow-banded rhyolite with dark to black fine-grained rhylite lithic clasts and flattened pumice. Flow foliation 270-N16E. MO89_127 37.6331 -90.647 Polymict rhyolite breccia on Cedar Hill Poorly shorted matrix-supported polymict breccia from Cedar Hill. Matrix is welded tuffaceous rhyolite tuff. Area relatively unmineralized. May be intra-cauldera tuff breccia deposited within or adjacent to the cauldera margin. MO89_128A 37.6331 -90.647 Polymict rhyolite breccia on Cedar Hill Same as MO89_127 sampled to thin section to characterize matrix material. Poorly shorted matrix-supported polymict breccia from Cedar Hill. Matrix is welded tuffaceous rhyolite tuff. Area relatively unmineralized. May be intra-cauldera tuff breccia deposited within or adjacent to the cauldera margin. MO89_128B 37.6331 -90.647 Polymict rhyolite breccia on Cedar Hill Same as MO89_127 sampled to thin section to characterize matrix material. Poorly shorted matrix-supported polymict breccia from Cedar Hill. Matrix is welded tuffaceous rhyolite tuff. Area relatively unmineralized. May be intra-cauldera tuff breccia deposited within or adjacent to the cauldera margin. MO89_129 37.632 -90.6464 Hematite-replacement of host rhyolite-Cedar Hill iron deposit Cedar Hill mine dump: Hematite replacement of polymict rhyolite breccia matrix with highly altered clasts. MO89_130 37.632 -90.6464 Hematite-cemented rhyolite breccia with jasperoid-Cedar Hill iron deposit Cedar Hill deposit: Hematite-cemented rhyolite breccia with jasperoid replacement of rhyolite clasts-Cedar Hill iron deposit. MO89_131 37.632 -90.6464 Hematite+jasperiod+argillic alteration of rhyolite breccia-Cedar Hill Cedar Hill deposit: Hematite+jasperiod+argillic alteration of rhyolite breccia. MO89_132 37.632 -90.6464 Massive hematite+jasperoid epithermal breccia replacement-Cedar Hill iron deposit Cedar Hill deposit: Hematite-rich fluids invaded and replaced pre-existing intracauldera breccia. No apatite--this was an epithermal deposit. MO89_133 37.632 -90.6464 Massive hematite ore-Cedar Hill iron deposit dump Cedar Hill deposit: Hematite ore with remnant rhyolite breccia clasts. MO89_134 37.574 -90.7021 Russel Mountain Rhyolite Dark maroon fiamme-rich rhyolite ash flow tuff of Russel Mountain (east of Taum Sauk lookout tower). MO89_135 37.5734 -90.6982 Royal Gorge Rhyolite Flow-banded rhyolite with bands oriented N0E-vertical. Royal Gorge Rhyolite. Taking field trip guide down Taum Sauk trail. MO89_136A 37.5792 -90.6861 Wildcat Mountain Rhyolite (breccia) Heterolithic rhyolite breccia with tuffaceous matrix. MO89_136B 37.5792 -90.6861 Rhyolite clast within Wildcat Mountain Rhyolite Massive clast of the predominant dark maroon rhyolite called Wildcat Mountain Rhyolite. MO89_137 37.5682 -90.7203 Taum Sauk Moutain Rhyolite Float of Taum Sauk Mountain Rhyolite. Dark maroon with 5-10 percent broken quartz+feldspar phenocrysts. Characteristically NOT flow banded. MO89_138 37.5922 -90.5746 Lake Killarney rhyolitic tuff Dark reddish purple rhyolite tuff (not flow-banded like Grassy Mountain ignimbrite). MO89_139 37.5854 -90.5831 Grassy Mountain Ignimbrite Grassy Mountain Ignimbrite characterized by flow banded pumice horizons. Dark purplish-brown color with 20-25 percent quartz-k-spar broken phenocrysts. MO89_140 37.6144 -90.6064 Ironton Hollow Rhyolite "Dark purple phenocryst-poor flow-banded rhyolite (3-5 percent phenocrysts). Flow-banding highly folded. Pilot Knob is maded as this unit, buth I didn't see this on Pilot Knob." MO93_001 37.5705 -90.6975 Royal Gorge Rhyolite Russell Mountain (SW of Ironton). Royal Gorge Rhyolite. Flow-banded rheological rhyolitic flow with Z-folds in flow foliations. Flow banding looks to be pumice and frothy tops of flows. MO93_010 37.5235 -90.6662 Stromatalites Stromatalite horizons with chert and algal laminants within the Ketcherside Tuff. Exhalative deposit with algal matts growing near vents. Beds are horizontal. MO93_011 37.5437 -90.6455 Ketcherside Tuff Small waterfall on creek. Rhyolitic ash-flow tuff (broken quartz) and aglomerate at base of Ketcherside Tuff. Thought location is at margin of Taum Sauk Caldera. MO93_012 37.5079 -90.6612 Rhyolite Light pinkish gray massive rhyolite porphyry (k-spar). Dark net veining in matrix. MO93_120 37.5373 -90.6801 Lamott Sandstone Cambrian Lamott Sandstone pebbles. MO93_121 37.5347 -90.6789 Royal Gorge Rhyolite Flow-banded Royal Gorge Rhyolite with angular 1-4 inch diameter lithic fragments MO93_122 37.533 -90.6792 Rhyolite "Flow-banded rhyolite with less pumice and lithic fragments (as in Royal Gorge Rhyolite). Aphanitic groundmass, with highly variable grayish red to reddish brown color" MO93_123 37.5326 -90.6796 Hydrothermal rhyolite breccia Iron-cemented hydrothermal breccia with flow-banded rhyolite. Breccia is simple with angular clasts of rhyolite up to 4 inch diamter in matrix of hematite + magnetite. Mapped as Royal Gorge Rhyolite MO93_124 37.5325 -90.6801 Brecciated Royal Gorge Rhyolite Brecciated subangular to subrounded flow-banded rhyolite clasts. Could be megabreccia along caldera margin or fault zone (or hydrothermal phreatomagmatic breccia?). Matrix is fine-grained (rock flour). MO93_125 37.5308 -90.6803 Royal Gorge Rhyolite Brecciation seems to die off to the east. Numerous high angle fractures filled with iron oxide mineral(s) 1/8 inch wide x 5 feet long. Flow banding is folded and contorted. MO93_126 37.5298 -90.6785 Rhyolite "Dark reddish gray rhyolitic tuff (k-spar>quartz). Phenocrysts <20 percent, some broken. Mapped as Black Rock." MO93_127 37.5286 -90.6778 Rhyolite Dark red lithic rhyolitic tuff. Approximately 25 percent phenocrysts (both euhedral and broken) of k-spar>>quartz. Matrix of fine-grained dark red rhyolite with dark aphanitic lithic fragments. MO93_128 37.527 -90.6768 Rhyolite Purple rhyolitic tuff (=Taum Sauk Rhyolite?). First signs of flattened pumice in float. Flow-banded porphyritic rhyolite. MO93_129 37.5261 -90.6758 Lithic rhyolitic tuff Aphiric fine-grained welded lithic tuff. Blackish red <5 percent phenocrysts of k-spar and quartz with 5 percent lithic rock fragments with strong epidote alteration. (so-called Black Rock of Charlie Robertson MGS). MO93_013 37.5083 -90.6611 Rhyolite Light pinkish gray massive rhyolite porphyry (k-spar). 25-30 % phenocrysts. MO93_130 37.525 -90.6763 Rhyolite tuff Crystal lithic rhyolitic ashflow tuff. (15 percent k-spar; 2-5 percent alkali feldspar; 1 percent quartz; 5-7 percent lithic fragments). MO93_131 37.5224 -90.683 Rhyolite Purple rhyolitic tuff (=Taum Sauk Rhyolite?). First signs of flattened pumice in float. Flow-banded porphyritic rhyolite. MO93_132 37.5216 -90.6802 Flow-banded rhyolite Autolithic cobble-sized lithic fragments plastically deformed in crystal-lithic tuff (Purple Rhyolite of Charlie Robertson MGS). MO93_133 37.5216 -90.6826 Rhyolite tuff "Air-fall tuff. Series of 6inch thick moderately sorted bed sets of lighter lithic-rich course-grained horizons iwht finer aphanitic purple-colored tuff. Tops upward, dips east. Basal part would beds are Black Rock . Bedding 098, 12 SE." MO93_134 37.5226 -90.6855 Rhyolite Typical purple rhyolitic tuff with black fine-grained angular lithic fragments. Approximately 25 percent phenocrysts; 5-8 percent dark fragments; 1-5 percent flow-banded autolithic rhyolite fragments. MO93_135 37.5272 -90.6822 Flow-banded rhyolite Float of flow-banded crystal-lithic rhyolite tuff mixed with Cambrian Lamott Sandstone. Approximately 10-15 percent phenocrysts (k-spar>quartz) in rhyolite. MO93_136 37.5405 -90.6514 Cuthbertson Mountain tuff "Dusky red to blackish red fresh Cuthbertson Mountain tuff with minor flattened pumice (stongly welded). Phenocrysts 5 percent k-spar, 1 percent quartz." MO93_137 37.5352 -90.6576 Cuthbertson Mountain tuff "Cuthbertson Mountain tuff. Nice open outcrop near creek. Flattened pumice foliation 150, 15SW." MO93_138 37.528 -90.6614 Cuthbertson Mountain tuff Float of Cuthbertson Mountain tuff with white tuff. MO93_139 37.5275 -90.6614 Cuthbertson Mountain tuff Bedded Cuthbertson Mountain tuff. MO93_014 37.5133 -90.6593 Ketcherside Tuff Ketcherside Tuff. Copper prospect dumps NE side of Gap . Well layered waterlain tuffacous sediment. Graded bedding & laminar bedding alternating with sand-sized tuffaceous and clay-sized (green biotite and amphibole?) horizons. Mineralitaion reported to be malachite and minor Cu sulfides (not seen). Note: mineralization at Upper Pilot Knob and Cuthbertson Mtn restricted to waterlain Ketcherside Tuff time interval-most favorable horizon for mineralization. MO93_140 37.5272 -90.6621 Cuthbertson Mountain tuff "Good outcrop of Cuthbertson Mountain tuff with flattened pumice and lithic fragments. Phenocrysts 5 percent k-spar, 1-5 percent black lithic fragments. Flattening = 120, 38 SW." MO93_141 37.5232 -90.6692 Cuthbertson Mountain tuff "Cuthbertson Mountain tuff. Flattened pumice foliation 0, 15 NE" MO93_142 37.5221 -90.6709 Cuthbertson Mountain tuff "Cuthbertson Mountain tuff. Seems to be a transition zone to Purple tuff . Flattening = 0, 15 NE. Blackish-red to graysih red aphanitic rhyolitic welded tuff. Phenocrysts 7 percent k-spar, 3-5 percent quartz. <20 percent pumice and lithic fragments." MO93_143 37.5237 -90.6715 Cuthbertson Mountain tuff "Cuthbertson Mountain tuff. Dusky red, 5 percent k-spar, 7-9 percent lithic fragments" MO93_144 37.5221 -90.6744 Purple tuff rhyolite "Crystal lithic rhyolitic tuff with lithic clasts of Cuthbertson Mountain tuff, 20-30 percent k-spar phenocrysts in a moderately reddish brown to purpl-colored matrix. Purple tuff younger than Cuthbertson Mountain tuff" MO93_145 37.5191 -90.6755 Rhyolite Royal Gorge tuff is beneath Purple tuff on northwest corner of Ketcherside Gap area. Are Purple tuff and Royal Gorge tuff coeval? MO93_146 37.5211 -90.6705 Cuthbertson Mountain tuff "Lithic-rich zone in Cuthberston Mountain tuff. 20 percent white lithic fragments in welded tuff. Flattened pumice oriented 310, 28 NE" MO93_147 37.5133 -90.6593 Ketcherside tuff "Bedded silicious banded malachite-bearing tuffaceous siltstone with malachite dessiminted and cross-cutting bedding (epigenetic). Bedding = 320, 15 NE. Gary Sidder sampled the outcrop." MO93_148 37.5136 -90.6588 Ketcherside tuff Ketcherside tuff here is a tuffaceous siltsone. Block at drill collar is crystal-lithic tuff with flattened pumice (Royal Gorge Rhyolite). MO93_149 37.5125 -90.6614 Purple tuff rhyolite Purple rhyolite and Royal Gorge Rhyolite float. MO93_014A 37.5133 -90.6593 Tuffaceous sandstone Dirty sandstone with quartz sand and honey-colored lusterous mineral (sphalerite?) in matrix. Sulfide weathering on surface. MO93_014B 37.5133 -90.6593 Waterlain tuffaceous sediments Pink and green layered waterlain tuff with actinolite+biotite horizons (Ketcherside Tuff). MO93_014C 37.5133 -90.6593 Ketcherside Tuff with malachite Malachite-bearing bedded tuff (Ketcherside Tuff). Best cut on east end with 2 drill collars exposed. Ubiquitous malachite staining along fractures and dessiminated in tuffaceous sediment. MO93_015 37.5101 -90.6581 Rhyolitic tuff Grayish-pink K-spar porphyritic rhyolitic tuff with massive texture (similar to MO93-13). 20-30% broken phenocrysts (K-spar>>qtz). MO93_150 37.5121 -90.661 Purple tuff rhyolite "Crystal-rich tuff of Purple tuff unit with faint flow banding and broken crystals. Pale grayish to blackish red matrix with 15 percent albite, 5 percent quartz phenocrysts and 1 percent lithic fragments." MO93_151 37.5117 -90.6647 Royal Gorge Rhyolite "Flow-banded densly welded ignimbrite with pale red matrix. Phenocrysts 10 percent albite, 5 percent quartz, 2 percent k-spar. Ignimbrite with flattened insitu degassing textures and flattend pumice." MO93_153 37.5154 -90.6643 Cuthbertson Mountain/Ketcherside Gap tuff contact "Waterlain bedded tuff with ripple marks (Ketcherside). Bedding = 270, 10 N. Contact zone between Cuthbertson Mountain (on top) and Ketchershide Gap (beneath) tuffs. Royal Gorge Rhyolite beneath the Cutherberston Mountain tuff." MO93_155 37.5146 -90.6659 Royal Gorge Rhyolite Royal Gorge Rhyolite. MO93_016 37.512 -90.666 Royal Gorge Rhyolite "Royal Gorge Rhyolite. Distinctive light and dark pink flow-banding in rhyolite tuff. 10-15% K-spar phenocrysts. See folding in flow banding. Strike on banding=205, 50NE." MO93_160 37.517 -90.6613 Ketcherside Gap tuff "Ketcherside Gap tuff is tuffaceous siltstone and mudstone. Lacks silicification associated with mineralization. Sample taken is unmineralized representation of unit. Bedding = 290, 5 NE." MO93_161 37.5132 -90.6566 Lamott Sandstone Cambrian Lamott Sandstone conglomerate. MO93_162 37.4487 -90.5412 Andesite "Unit upper andesite (Yua) of Brown, 1988. Andesite from Marble Creek campground south of Highway is subcrop of dark purplish black andesite with ~15 percent plagioclase phenocrysts. Epidote alteration common" MO93_163 37.4499 -90.5372 Rhyolitic tuff "Unit Lower Campground rhyolitic tuff (Ylc) of Brown, 1988." MO93_164 37.4409 -90.559 Andesite "Unit Andesite from Marble Creek campground (Yua) of Brown, 1988. Outcrop is north of Highway on east side of knob west of campground. Sample is very fresh." MO93_165A 37.4813 -90.5877 Grassy Mountain Ignimbrite (rhyolite) "Grassy Mountain ignimbrite. Dark red aphanitic matrix. Lacks pumice and fiammes normal to unit. ~25 percent total phenocrysts (15 percent k-spar, 10 percent quartz) and 2 percent mafic lithic clasts." MO93_165B 37.4811 -90.5893 Grassy Mountain Ignimbrite (rhyolite) Basal part of Grassy Mountain ignimbrite with darker red aphanitic matrix. MO93_165C 37.4809 -90.59 Lake Killarney rhyolitic tuff Lake Killarney tuff. Good sample for chemistry. MO93_017 37.5116 -90.665 Purple Rhyolite (Location approximate). Purple rhyolite . Massive K-spar porphyry with maroon aphanitic matrix and minor flow banding. MO93_018 37.5113 -90.6635 Royal Gorge Rhyolite "Royal Gorge Rhyolite. Distinctive light and dark pink flow-banded rhyolite ignimbrite. Flow banding= 312, 70NE." MO93_019 37.5068 -90.6689 Royal Gorge Rhyolite Royal Gorge Rhyolite. Distinctive light and dark pink flow-banded rhyolite ignimbrite. MO93_002 37.5482 -90.6645 Gasconade weathered residuum Along railroad cut. Varigated shales and cherts looks to be weathering residuum from the Gasconade Fm. Steeply dipping to the northwest. Precambrain basement exposed beneath residuum. MO93_020 37.5035 -90.6668 Alkali porphyry granite Megacrystic alkali porphyry granite. See flow alignment of K-spar porphyries. Intruded along Taum Sauk Caldera margin. MO93_003 37.5341 -90.6681 Rhyolitic tuff "Purplish-gray welded rhyolitic tuff with quartz phenocrysts (no k-sp) with rounded and embayed margins. Angular black lithic fragments (~15-25 %). Flattened lithic fragment strike=278W, 45N." MO93_004 37.5321 -90.6663 Rhyolite Pillow structure in rhyolite--subaqueous lava flow? 2 foot long oblate pillow with epidote enrichment along rinds (photo). MO93_005 37.5318 -90.6659 Rhyolite Light gray massive aphanitic ryholite. Characterized by lack of visible phenocrysts. Veins of late quartz and pyrite. MO93_006 37.537 -90.6644 Rhyolitic lithic tuff Lithic tuff with monolithic rounded rhyolitic clasts (2-4 inches in diamter). Agglomerate? MO93_007 37.5339 -90.6618 Bonneterre Dolomite Cambrian Bonneterre Dolomite. MO93_008 37.537 -90.654 Ketcherside Tuff "Ketcherside Tuff(?) Flow-banded rhyolitic tuff with broken quartz phenocrysts, flattened pumice, and flow banding. Strike of flow banding 125, 22SW" MO93_009A 37.5405 -90.6504 Manganese ore Manganese ore sample. Epithermal sinter deposit with clasts of host Ketcherside Tuff with carbonate cement and red jasper matrix. Ketcherside Tuff host to the Cuthbertson Mountain manganese desposit. Ketcherside Tuff thought to be beneath the Cuthbertson Mountain Tuff. Distinctive waterlain tuff with ripple marks and x-beds. Correlated with Upper Pilot Know host rocks. MO93_009B 37.5405 -90.6504 Jasperoid Sinter deposit. Jasperoid with banded texture. PKMO_100 37.6197 -90.6326 Magentite vein in breccia (skarn) "Lower Pilot Knob mine dump: Magnetite vein in actinolite-quartz(+calcite+chlorite) breccia, similar to Pea Ridge amphibole zone rocks." PKMO_101 37.6197 -90.6326 Altered host rhyolite Lower Pilot Knob mine dump: Silicified rhyolite breccia with magnetite and minor quartz in matrix. Rhyolitic clasts were reddened (k-spar?) before introduction of magnetite. Siderite in matrix with magnetite. Similar to Kratz Springs and Pea Ridge. PKMO_102 37.6197 -90.6326 Rhyolite breccia Lower Pilot Knob mine dump: Rhyolite breccia with angular rhyolite clasts that were previously reddened and silicified in a matrix of actinolite+quartz+siderite+magnetite. PKMO_103 37.6197 -90.6326 Magentite breccia (ore) Lower Pilot Knob mine dump: Ore sample to slab. Magnetite+apatite+quartz+pyrite+flourite+siderite stable. White quartz subangular clasts in magnetite+apatite ore. PKMO_104 37.6197 -90.6326 Massive quartz Lower Pilot Knob mine dump: Massive quartz with actinolite+chlorite+flourite. Same generation (?) quartz as in PKMO-103. Pre-magnetite ore in paragensis. PKMO_105 37.6197 -90.6326 Magnetite breccia "Lower Pilot Knob mine dump: Heterolithic magnetite breccia with siderite vug-filling matrix. Clasts of altered rhyolite wall rock, magnetite+fragments of siderite in matrix." PKMO_106 37.6197 -90.6326 Magnetite breccia Lower Pilot Knob mine dump: Clasts of magnetite ore set in matrix of magnetite+quartz+apatite. Sample of quartz+magnetite. PKMO_107 37.6207 -90.6327 Rhyolite breccia "Lower Pilot Knob mine dump: Silicified host rhyolite breccia (Yar generation from Pratt, 1979). Alkali rhyolite lithic breccia or flow breccia. Walking east along haul road to the old mill foundations on the north side of Pilot Knob outcrops of flow-banded rhyolite brecciated and hydrothermally altered (argillic + chalcedony (quartz) and yellow staining from weathered sulfide. Possible low-temperature hydrothermal .alteration associated with ore deposit."