Mine detail: Boss-Bixby

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Location: Iron, Dent County, Missouri, United States, North America
Lat / long: 37.64256, -91.17903
dep_id: 10072187
mrds_id: W016773
Commodity type: metallic and nonmetallic
Major mineral: Copper, Iron
Minor mineral: Titanium, Metal, Manganese
Trace mineral: Magnesite, Sulfur, Arsenic, Aluminum, Molybdenum, Chromium, Lead, Zinc, Nickel, Cobalt, Vanadium
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Prospect
ore: Apatite, Bornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Cobaltite, Covellite, Cuprite, Galena, Geikielite, Goethite, Hematite, Lepidocrocite, Magnetite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Sphalerite, Chiastolite, Chloanthite, Chlorite, Epidote, Fluorite, Garnet, Ilmenite, Linnaeite, Rutile
gangue: Gypsum, Quartz
orebody_fm: IRREGULAR
work_type: Underground
conc_proc: Alkaline Ore Fluid From Intermediate Magma Source (5mith, Frederick J., 1968 )
ore_ctrl: Contact Between Syenite And Rhyolite
Reporter: West, B.J., Hasler, J. William, Weeks, Robert
hrock_type: Syenite,Rhyolite
Structure: Domed, Faulted, Tilted, Multiple Intrusions, Rhyolite Flows Dip 50-60 Degrees S Intruded By Syenite
disc_yr: 1956
References:
  • Deposit:: SNYDER, F.G., 1968 , GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS, MIDCONTINENT UNITED STATES, IN: RIDGE, J.D., ORE DEPOSITS OF THE UNITED STATES, 1933 - 1967 (GRATON-SALES VOLUME): NEW YORK, AM. INST. MINING METALL. PETROLEUM ENGINEERS, V. 1 , P. 258 - 286.
  • Deposit:: KISVARSANYI, GEZA, 1977 , THE ROLE OF THE PRECAMBRIAN IGNEOUS BASEMENT IN THE FORMATION OF THE STRATABOUND LEAD-ZINC-COPPER DEPOSITS IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI, ECON. GEOL., V. 72 , P. 435 - 442.
  • Deposit:: SMITH, FREDERICK J., 1968 , MINERALIZATION OF THE BOSS BIXBY ANOMALY, IRON AND DENT COUNTIES, MISSOURI, MASTE* THESIS, UNIV. MISSOURI-ROLLA, 76 P.
  • Deposit:: KINKEL, A.R., JR., 1967, COPPER, IN MINERAL AND WATER RESOURCES OF MISSOURI: MISSOURI DIVISION OF GEOLOGICAL SURVEY AND WATER RESOURCES, V. 43, P. 67.
  • Deposit:: KISVARSANYI, GEZA, AND PROCTOR, P.D., 1967, TRACE ELEMENT CONTENT OF MAGNETITES AND HEMATITES, SOUTHEAST MISSOURI IRON METALLOGENIC PROVINCE, U.S.A.: ECON. GEOL., V. 62, NO. 1, P. 449-471.
  • Deposit:: 1943 GEOPHYS MISSOURI GEOLOGICAL SURVEY
  • Deposit:: 1956 DIREXPL AMERICAN Z
  • Reserve-Resource:: MINING ENGINEERING. NOVEMBER, 1992. P. 1317.
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