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Locality Name:
Bixby, Viburnum Trend District, Iron Co., Missouri, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 497
Youngest recorded age at locality: 337

mindat Locality ID: 30110
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-30110.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Bixby, Viburnum Trend District, Iron Co., Missouri, USA": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Buick Mine (Amax Buick Mine; Moloc Mine)
Casteel Mine (Viburnum No. 35 Mine)
Magmont Mine
Magmont West Mine

Latitude: 37°39'18"N
Longitude: 91°7'33"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 37.655,-91.125833333333
AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe 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.

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 C Ca Co Cu Fe H Mg Mo N Na Ni O Pb S Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ArsenopyriteCalciteChalcopyriteClayCobaltiteCorundumDiasporeDigeniteEnargiteKaolinite
MarcasiteMilleriteMolybdeniteNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartzRocksaltSphalerite
SpinelStanniteTetrahedriteVivianiteWurtzite

34 IMA Minerals at location:
Anilite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Bornite  (*)Calcite  (*)Carrollite  (*)
Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Cobaltite  (*)Cuprite  (*)Dickite  (*)
Dolomite  (*)Enargite  (*)Erythrite  (*)Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)
Hematite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Linnaeite  (*)Luzonite  (*)Magnetite  (*)
Marcasite  (*)Millerite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Nitratine  (*)Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)
Polydymite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Siegenite  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)Vaesite  (*)Wurtzite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Anilite  (*)DigeniteCu7S4497485122529588
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS4973373225295,225297,2252989052
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS44973373225295,225297,2252985516
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)4973374225295,225296,225297,22529827770
Carrollite  (*)SpinelCuCo2S44973371225297154
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S49733712252985707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS24973374225295,225296,225297,22529827198
Cobaltite  (*)CobaltiteCoAsS4973371225298966
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O49733712252982970
Dickite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)44973374225295,225296,225297,225298651
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)24973374225295,225296,225297,2252989895
Enargite  (*)Enargite WurtziteCu3AsS44973371225297910
Erythrite  (*)VivianiteCo3(AsO4)2·8H2O4974851225295814
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS4973374225295,225296,225297,22529824243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)49733712252987437
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3497337122529814640
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)44973373225295,225296,2252975591
Linnaeite  (*)SpinelCo2+Co3+2S44973373225295,225296,225297249
Luzonite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu3AsS44973371225297198
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O44973372225297,22529814899
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS24973373225295,225296,2252975674
Millerite  (*)MilleriteNiS4973374225295,225296,225297,2252981066
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS249733712252985800
Nitratine  (*)CalciteNa(NO3)497337122529791
Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)PyriteNiAsS4973371225297767
Polydymite  (*)SpinelNi2+Ni3+2S44973373225295,225297,225298131
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS24973374225295,225296,225297,22529839462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S84973372225295,2252979056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO24973373225295,225296,22529761156
Siegenite  (*)SpinelCoNi2S44973372225295,225297249
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS4973374225295,225296,225297,22529821482
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S1349733712252971803
Vaesite  (*)PyriteNiS24973372225295,225297106
Wurtzite  (*)WurtziteZnS4974851225295372


10 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
sedexmvt-00222497485Late Cambrian host rock age      3871Buick Mine (Amax Buick Mine; Moloc Mine), Bixby, Viburnum Trend District, Iron Co., Missouri, USABuickTaylor et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009_1297 
EG80_739-00001360360 Rb-Sr glauconiteM-169    3860Magmont Mine, Bixby, Viburnum Trend District, Iron Co., Missouri, USAMagmont mineStein and Kish (1985)10.2113/gsecongeo.80.3.739EG80_739 
EG80_739-00002372372 Rb-Sr glauconiteM-261    3860Magmont Mine, Bixby, Viburnum Trend District, Iron Co., Missouri, USAMagmont mineStein and Kish (1985)10.2113/gsecongeo.80.3.739EG80_739 
EG80_739-00003370370 Rb-Sr glauconiteM-347    3860Magmont Mine, Bixby, Viburnum Trend District, Iron Co., Missouri, USAMagmont mineStein and Kish (1985)10.2113/gsecongeo.80.3.739EG80_739 
EG80_739-00004375375 Rb-Sr glauconiteM-130    3860Magmont Mine, Bixby, Viburnum Trend District, Iron Co., Missouri, USAMagmont mineStein and Kish (1985)10.2113/gsecongeo.80.3.739EG80_739 
EG80_739-00005377377 Rb-Sr glauconiteM-130    3860Magmont Mine, Bixby, Viburnum Trend District, Iron Co., Missouri, USAMagmont mineStein and Kish (1985)10.2113/gsecongeo.80.3.739EG80_739 
EG80_739-00006366366 Rb-Sr glauconiteM-382    3860Magmont Mine, Bixby, Viburnum Trend District, Iron Co., Missouri, USAMagmont mineStein and Kish (1985)10.2113/gsecongeo.80.3.739EG80_739 
EG80_739-00007384384 Rb-Sr glauconiteB-level ore zone    3860Magmont Mine, Bixby, Viburnum Trend District, Iron Co., Missouri, USAMagmont mineStein and Kish (1985)10.2113/gsecongeo.80.3.739EG80_739 
EG80_739-00011381337359±22Rb-Sr high M-169,M-261,M-347,M-130,M-382,B-level ore zone    3860Magmont Mine, Bixby, Viburnum Trend District, Iron Co., Missouri, USAMagmont mineStein and Kish (1985)10.2113/gsecongeo.80.3.739EG80_739 
sedexmvt-00229497485Late Cambrian host rock age      3860Magmont Mine, Bixby, Viburnum Trend District, Iron Co., Missouri, USAMagmontTaylor et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009_1297 

SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R060502Magmont Mine, Bixby, Viburnum Trend District, Iron Co., Missouri, USAhttps://rruff.info/R060502

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