Database name: |
World Mississippi Valley-type deposits |
Custodial agency: |
Geological Survey of Canada |
Compilers: |
D. F. Sangster |
Release date: |
2015-02-06 |
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Deposit name(s): |
Brushy Creek |
Political location(s): |
United States; Province or state: Missouri; Nearest community: Bunker, Missouri (7 mi NE) |
Deposit clan (type): |
Mississippi Valley-type |
Deposit status: |
producer |
Geologic district: |
Southeast Missouri District |
Commodities: |
Pb; Zn; Cu |
Mineralization styles: |
disseminated in primary porosity |
Geological ages: |
Late Cambrian (host rocks) |
Tectonic setting: |
continental platform (host rocks) |
Host rocks: |
(1) sedimentary; carbonate; Depositional setting: Shallow-water carbonatesIndividual lithologies: | dolostone |
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Mineralogy: |
galena, sphalerite, chalcopyrite, dolomite, calcite, pyrite, marcasite |
References: |
Evans, L. L., 1977 |
Geology of the Brushy Creek Mine, Viburnum Trend, Southeast Missouri |
Economic Geology, Volume 72, p. 381 - 390 |
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 |
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Associated group(s): |
Viburnum Trend (1) |