CANADIAN AND WORLD MINERAL DEPOSIT DATABASES
Geological Survey of Canada


 
Database name: World Mississippi Valley-type deposits
Custodial agency: Geological Survey of Canada
Compilers: D. F. Sangster
Release date: 2015-02-06
   
Deposit name(s): Casteel
Longitude / Latitude: -91.11361 / 37.65000
Political location(s): United States; Province or state: Missouri; Nearest community: Bixby, Missouri (0.75 mi W)
Deposit clan (type): Mississippi Valley-type
Deposit status: producer
Geologic district: Southeast Missouri District
Commodities: Pb; Zn; Cu
Mineralization styles: fracture fill; discordant collapse breccia cement; massive replacement
Geological ages: Late Cambrian (host rocks)
Tectonic setting: continental platform (host rocks)
Host rocks: (1) sedimentary; carbonate; Depositional setting: Shallow-water carbonates
Individual lithologies:dolostone
Mineralogy: galena, sphalerite, chalcopyrite, bornite, pyrite, marcasite, quartz
(veins): dolomite, calcite
(vug filling): dickite
References:
Dunn, Jr., R. G.; Grundmann, Jr., W. H., 1989
Geology of the Casteel Mine: Copper Rich Ore in a MVT Setting
in Mississsippi Valley-Type Mineralization of the Viburnum Trend, Missouri, Field Conference Guidebook November 9-11, 1989, Edited by Hagni, R. D.; Coveney, R. M., Jr., Society of Economic Geologists, Volume 5, 193 p, p. 58


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