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Boss-Bixby

Prospect in Iron county in Missouri, United States with commodities Iron, Copper, Manganese, Titanium, Metal, Vanadium, Cobalt, Nickel, Zinc, Lead, Chromium, Molybdenum, Magnesite, Aluminum, Arsenic, Sulfur
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Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10072187
MRDS ID W016773
Record type Site
Current site name Boss-Bixby

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -91.17903, 37.64256 (WGS84)
Elevation 365
Location accuracy 500(meters)
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Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Missouri Iron
United States Missouri Dent

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
5th Principal 034N 002W 08,09,16,17 Missouri

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary
Copper Primary
Manganese Secondary
Titanium, Metal Secondary
Vanadium Tertiary
Cobalt Tertiary
Nickel Tertiary
Zinc Tertiary
Lead Tertiary
Chromium Tertiary
Molybdenum Tertiary
Magnesite Tertiary
Aluminum Tertiary
Arsenic Tertiary
Sulfur Tertiary

Materials information

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

Analytical data

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

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Syenite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mesoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mesoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -91.17903, 37.64256
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Geologic structures

Type Description Terms
Regional Domed, Faulted, Tilted, Multiple Intrusions
Local Rhyolite Flows Dip 50-60 Degrees S Intruded By Syenite

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Thickness 60.96M
    Depth to bottom 914.4M
    Depth to top 304.8M
    Length 609.6M
  • Strike N75E
    Dip 80S
    Thickness 213M
    Depth to top 360M
    Width 853M
    Length 914M
    Field Value
    MAS Matrix # 1
    MAS Column # 1
    Type of Orebody #1 BRECCIA FILL
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Type of Orebody #2 DISSEMINATED
    Type of Orebody #3 FISSURE VEIN
    Primary mode of Origin CONT METASOMATIC
    Primary Ore Control CONTACT ZONE
    Secondary Ore Control FRACTURING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. INTENSE
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 POTASSIC
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #2 PROPYLITIC
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #3 SILICIFICATION
    Strike And Dip N75E
    Minimum Depth to Top 360
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 7
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Date of Last Modification 801106
  • Area 200HA
    Field Value
    Total Surface Area (HA) 200
    Date of Last Modification 910418

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Contact Between Syenite And Rhyolite

Comments on the geologic information

  • ON THE BASIS OF MINERALOGY AND STRUCTURE, THE DEPOSIT IS CLASSIFIED AS A PYROMETASOMATIC DEPOSIT (SMITH, FREDERICK, J., 1968 )

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Both metallic and non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1956

Mining district

District name Missouri Brown Iron Belt

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Federal Lease
Type of mineral rights Fee Ownership

Ownership information

  • 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

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method PROPOSED
    Mining Method SUBLEVEL 10-43
    Swell Factor .55
    Percent Waste Rock 15
    Percent Recovery 85
    Hardness of Rock HARDROCK WITH LITTLE WATER
    Rock Characteristics NO PLANES OF WEAKNESS
    Rock Support Chars. SUPPORTING
    Mine Support Chars. TIMBER
    Number of Shafts 3
    1st Condition of Workings NO MINE ENTRY
    Capacity 4535
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Unit Production Cost 9.22
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Operating Days per Year 250
    Operating Shifts per Day 3
    Year of Information 1975
  • Type of workings Underground
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 2
    Mining Record # 2
    Status of Mining Method PROPOSED
    Mining Method SUBLEVEL 10-43
    Swell Factor .55
    Percent Recovery 85
    Hardness of Rock HARDROCK WITH LITTLE WATER
    Rock Characteristics NO PLANES OF WEAKNESS
    Rock Support Chars. UNKNOWN
    Mine Support Chars. TIMBER
    Number of Shafts 3
    1st Condition of Workings OPEN
    Capacity 4535
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Unit Production Cost 9.22
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Operating Days per Year 250
    Operating Shifts per Day 3
    Year of Information 1975

Comments on other economic factors

  • TRANSPO NATIONAL STEEL IN ALTON, ILLINOIS AND LONE STAR STEEL IN DALLAS, TEXAS WERE LAST KNOWN PURCHASERS OF MO BROWN FE ORE. PROPERTY UPDATED SEP 1987

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: SERVICED BY RAILROAD SPUR FROM KEYSVILLE, MISSOURI TO BUICK, MISSOURI

Reference information

Links to other databases

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

Bibliographic 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.

  • Reserve-Resource

    MINING ENGINEERING. NOVEMBER, 1992. P. 1317.

  • 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, MASTER'S 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

General comments

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

Reporter information

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