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): |
Casteel |
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 carbonatesIndividual lithologies: | dolostone |
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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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Associated group(s): |
Viburnum Trend (1) |