Mine detail: Boss-Bixby

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 37.64256, -91.17903

Resource(B)

Primary: Copper, Iron
Secondary: Titanium, Metal, Manganese
Tertiary: Magnesite, Sulfur, Arsenic, Aluminum, Molybdenum, Chromium, Lead, Zinc, Nickel, Cobalt, Vanadium
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 form: IRREGULAR
Discovery year: 1956

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: None
Development status: Prospect

Geology

Host type:Syenite,Rhyolite
Structure:Domed, Faulted, Tilted, Multiple Intrusions, Rhyolite Flows Dip 50-60 Degrees S Intruded By Syenite

References

MRDSW016773
DEP10072187
Reference{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.}
ReporterWest, B.J., Hasler, J. William, Weeks, Robert