| Deposit ID | 10072187 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | W016773 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Boss-Bixby |
| Point of reference | Ore Body |
|---|---|
| Geographic coordinates: | -91.17903, 37.64256 (WGS84) |
| Elevation | 365 |
| Location accuracy | 500(meters) |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Dent(county)
Missouri(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Viburnum West(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Rolla(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Rolla(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Meramec(hydrologic unit)
Upper Mississippi-Meramec(hydrologic accounting unit)
Upper Mississippi-Kaskaskia-Meramec(hydrologic subregion)
Upper Mississippi(hydrologic region)
Federal lands
Mark Twain National Forest(National Forest)
National Forest FS(Type of land area)
FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Missouri | Iron |
| United States | Missouri | Dent |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5th Principal | 034N | 002W | 08,09,16,17 | Missouri |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Iron | Primary |
| Copper | Primary |
| Manganese Critical | Secondary |
| Titanium, Metal Critical | Secondary |
| Vanadium Critical | Tertiary |
| Cobalt Critical | Tertiary |
| Nickel Critical | Tertiary |
| Zinc Critical | Tertiary |
| Lead | Tertiary |
| Chromium Critical | Tertiary |
| Molybdenum | Tertiary |
| Magnesite | Tertiary |
| Aluminum Critical | Tertiary |
| Arsenic Critical | Tertiary |
| Sulfur | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Apatite | Ore |
| Bornite | Ore |
| Chalcocite | Ore |
| Chalcopyrite | Ore |
| Cobaltite | Ore |
| Covellite | Ore |
| Cuprite | Ore |
| Galena | Ore |
| Geikielite | Ore |
| Goethite | Ore |
| Hematite | Ore |
| Lepidocrocite | Ore |
| Magnetite | Ore |
| Molybdenite | Ore |
| Pyrite | Ore |
| Sphalerite | Ore |
| Chiastolite | Ore |
| Chloanthite | Ore |
| Chlorite | Ore |
| Epidote | Ore |
| Fluorite | Ore |
| Garnet | Ore |
| Ilmenite | Ore |
| Linnaeite | Ore |
| Rutile | Ore |
| Gypsum | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Result | 32 SAMPLES FROM THE BOSS-BIXBY DEPOSIT WERE ANALYZED SPECTROCHEMICALLY WITH FOLLOWING MEAN PERCENTAGE CONCENTRATION: CO 0.0454 , NI 0.0056 , CU 0.174 , ZN 0.021 (KISVARSANYI, GEZA, 1977 |
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| Host or associated | Host | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Syenite | ||
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| Host or associated | Host | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite | ||
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| Ore Body (1) | -91.17903, 37.64256 |
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| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Domed, Faulted, Tilted, Multiple Intrusions |
| Type of structure | Local |
| Structure description | Rhyolite Flows Dip 50-60 Degrees S Intruded By Syenite |
| General form | IRREGULAR |
|---|---|
| Thickness | 60.96M |
| Length | 609.6M |
| Depth to top | 304.8M |
| Depth to bottom | 914.4M |
| Strike | N75E | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Dip | 80S | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Thickness | 213M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Length | 914M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Width | 853M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Depth to top | 360M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Area | 200HA | ||||||
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| Development status | Prospect |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Both |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1956 |
| District name | Missouri Brown Iron Belt |
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| Type of mineral rights | Federal Lease |
|---|---|
| Type of mineral rights | Fee Ownership |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Cominco American Inc |
| Interest | 50 |
| Home office | Washington |
| Year | 1987 |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Dresser Minerals Div Of Dresser Industries Inc |
| Interest | 50 |
| Home office | Texas |
| Year | 1987 |
| Type of workings | Underground | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Type of workings | Underground | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | W016773 | |
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | D003593 | MRDS dep_id 10010102 merged into 10072187 |
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0290650001 | MRDS dep_id 10268595 merged into 10072187 |
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.
MINING ENGINEERING. NOVEMBER, 1992. P. 1317.
SMITH, FREDERICK J., 1968 , MINERALIZATION OF THE BOSS BIXBY ANOMALY, IRON AND DENT COUNTIES, MISSOURI, MASTER'S THESIS, UNIV. MISSOURI-ROLLA, 76 P.
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.
1943 GEOPHYS MISSOURI GEOLOGICAL SURVEY
1956 DIREXPL AMERICAN Z
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | MINERALIZATION OCCURS ALONG THE CONTACT BETWEEN RHYOLITE AND SYENITE AND AS REPLACEMENT MASSES WITHIN THE INTRUSIVE. ORE OCCURS IN STEEPLY DIPPING ZONES FROM 25 TO 200 FEET THICK THAT ARE PARALLEL TO THE RHYOLITE-SYENITE CONTACT. |
| Deposit | BOSS ORE BODY HAS A DIFFERENT TRACE ELEMENT SUITE THAN THE OTHER MAGNETITE DEPOSITS, SUGGESTING A DIFFERENT MODE, AND POSSIBLY TIME, OF ORIGIN. DISCOVERED BENEATH THE VIBURNUM TREND. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-JAN-76 | Weeks, Robert | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Reporter | 01-AUG-78 | Hasler, J. William | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Reporter | 22-AUG-96 | West, B.J. | U.S. Bureau of Mines |
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