Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Boss - Bixby Iron-copper Deposit, Dent Co., Missouri, USA

mindat Locality ID: 272694
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-272694.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Boss - Bixby Iron-copper Deposit, Dent Co., Missouri, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 37°38'32"N
Longitude: 91°10'44"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 37.642222222222,-91.178888888889

A	This mineral is Anthropogenic.
G	This mineral is directly dated.
B	This mineral is reported as having this age.
Y	This mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
O	This mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
R	The age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
P	The age displayed for this mineral is the range of ages for this mineral at all of this locality's children.
	This mineral's age has not yet been recorded.

Andalusite	Chalcopyrite	Clinozoisite	Cobaltite	Corundum	Covellite	Diaspore	Epidote	Fluorite	Gypsum
Lepidocrocite	Molybdenite	None	Not in a structural group	Perovskite	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Skutterudite
Sphalerite	Spinel

Andalusite ()*	Bornite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Cobaltite ()*
Covellite ()*	Cuprite ()*	Epidote ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*
Geikielite ()*	Goethite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*	Ilmenite ()*
Lepidocrocite ()*	Linnaeite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Nickelskutterudite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Sphalerite ()*

This Mineral list contains entries from this locality, including sub-localities. Minerals in bold are reported by mindat.org as occurring directly at this locality, and do not occur at any children (sublocalities) of this locality.

Elements at this locality, including sub-localities: Al As Ca Co Cu F Fe H Mg Mo Ni O Pb S Si Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As Ca Co Cu F Fe H Mg Mo Ni O Pb S Si Ti Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Andalusite Chalcopyrite Clinozoisite Cobaltite Corundum Covellite Diaspore Epidote Fluorite Gypsum
Lepidocrocite Molybdenite None Not in a structural group Perovskite Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Skutterudite
Sphalerite Spinel

24 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Andalusite ()*	Andalusite	Al₂SiO₅	1310
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	5516
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	27198
Cobaltite ()*	Cobaltite	CoAsS	966
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	4165
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	2970
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	8173
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	24243
Geikielite ()*	Corundum	MgTiO₃	70
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	7437
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	5433
Lepidocrocite ()*	Lepidocrocite	Fe³⁺O(OH)	581
Linnaeite ()*	Spinel	Co²⁺Co³⁺₂S₄	249
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	14899
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	5800
Nickelskutterudite ()*	Skutterudite Perovskite	(Ni,Co,Fe)As₃	176
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	5614
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	21482

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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