CANADIAN AND WORLD MINERAL DEPOSIT DATABASES
Geological Survey of Canada


Deposit number Country Location Names Commodities
32 United States (Missouri) 37.30.40 N -- 091.07.24 W ASARCO West Fork Pb; Zn; Ag; Cd
 
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): ASARCO West Fork
Political location(s): United States; Province or state: Missouri; Nearest community: Bunker, Missouri (6 mi NE)
Deposit clan (type): Mississippi Valley-type
Deposit status: producer
Geologic district: Southeast Missouri District
Commodities: Pb; Zn; Ag; Cd
Mineralization styles: concordant collapse breccia cement; discordant collapse breccia cement; disseminated; 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, marcasite, wurtzite, pyrite, dolomite
References:
Dingess, P. R., 1989
Geology of the Asarco West Fork Deposit, Vibunum Trend - Southeast Missouri
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. 96 - 110

Dingess, P. R.; Erickson, L. A., 1995
Geology of the Asarco West Fork Deposit, Vibunum Trend, Southeast Missouri
in Carbonate-Hosted Lead-Zinc-Fluorite-Barite Deposits of North America, Society of Economic Geologists 75th Anniversary Guidebook, June 3-6, 1995, Edited by Misra, K. C., Guidebook Volume, Society of Economic Geologists, Cirizen Printing Co., Inc., 1309 Webster Avenue, Fort Collins, Colorado 80521, 22, 254 p, p. 112 - 122

Hagni, R. D., 1995
The Southeast Missouri Lead District
in Carbonate-Hosted Lead-Zinc-Fluorite-Barite Deposits of North America, Society of Economic Geologists 75th Anniversary Guidebook, June 3-6, 1995, Edited by Misra, K. C., Guidebook Volume, Society of Economic Geologists, Cirizen Printing Co., Inc., 1309 Webster Avenue, Fort Collins, Colorado 80521, 22, 254 p, p. 44 - 78

Leach, D. L.; Sangster, D. F.; Kelley, K. D.; Large, R. R.; Garven, G.; Allen, C. R.; Gutzmer, J.; Walters, S., 2005
Supplement to sediment-hosted lead-zinc deposits: A global perspective
Appendix, in One hundreth anniversary volume 1905-2005, Edited by Hedenquist, J. W.; Thompson, J. F. H.; Goldfarb, R. J.; Richards, J. P., Ecomomic geology, Society of Ecomonic Geologists, 1136 p

Leach, D. L.; Sangster, D. F.; Kelley, K. D.; Large, R. R.; Garven, G.; Allen, C. R.; Gutzmer, J.; Walters, S., 2005
Sediment-hosted lead-zinc deposits: A global perspective
in One hundreth anniversary volume 1905-2005, Edited by Hedenquist, J. W.; Thompson, J. F. H.; Goldfarb, R. J.; Richards, J. P., Ecomomic geology, Society of Ecomonic Geologists, 1136 p, p. 561 - 607

Production data: Report period: from 1985 until 1994; 7.69 million short tons ore; Provisional entry?: no; Yearly or summary?: S
Grade-commodity information:Pb: 6.27 percent
Zn: 1.87 percent
Reference: Dingess, P. R.; Erickson, L. A., 1995: Geology of the Asarco West Fork Deposit, Vibunum Trend, Southeast Missouri; in Carbonate-Hosted Lead-Zinc-Fluorite-Barite Deposits of North America, Society of Economic Geologists 75th Anniversary Guidebook, June 3-6, 1995, Edited by Misra, K. C., Guidebook Volume, Society of Economic Geologists, Cirizen Printing Co., Inc., 1309 Webster Avenue, Fort Collins, Colorado 80521, 22, 254 p, p. 112 - 122
Percent weights allocated to deposit: 100.0%
Associated group(s): Viburnum Trend (1)

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