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Place Name
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Saint Francois Mountains
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Pronunciation
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FRAN-sis
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Place Status (Type)
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mountain range
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Location
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Missouri, United States, North America
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Latitude
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unknown
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Longitude
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unknown
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Saint Francois Mountains
(FRAN-sis), range, SE Mo., consisting
of isolated knobs rising above Ozark highland, bet. Park Hills (N) and
Piedmont (S). Taum Sauk Mt. (1,772 ft/540 m),
W of Ironton, is highest point in Mo. An outcrop of igneous rocks, mts.
are center of mining region yielding iron, lead, barite, zinc, silver,
manganese, cobalt, nickel, granite, and limestone. Sometimes
erroneously spelled St. Francis.
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