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

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

mindat Locality ID: 3860
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-3860.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Magmont Mine, Bixby, Viburnum Trend District, Iron Co., Missouri, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 37°38'22"N
Longitude: 91°7'20"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 37.639444444444,-91.122222222222
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 N Na Ni O Pb S Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As C Ca Co Cu Fe H Mg N Na Ni O Pb S Si Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ArsenopyriteCalciteChalcopyriteClayEnargiteKaoliniteMarcasiteMilleriteNickelineNone
PyriteQuartzRocksaltSphaleriteSpinelStanniteTetrahedriteWurtzite

25 IMA Minerals at location:
Arsenopyrite  (*)Bornite  (*)Calcite  (*)Carrollite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Dickite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Enargite  (*)Galena  (*)Kaolinite  (*)
Linnaeite  (*)Luzonite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Millerite  (*)
Nitratine  (*)Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)Polydymite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Siegenite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)Vaesite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS49733709052
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS449733705516
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)497337027770
Carrollite  (*)SpinelCuCo2S44973370154
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2497337027198
Dickite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)44973370651
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)249733709895
Enargite  (*)Enargite WurtziteCu3AsS44973370910
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS497337024243
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)449733705591
Linnaeite  (*)SpinelCo2+Co3+2S44973370249
Luzonite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu3AsS44973370198
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4497337014899
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS249733705674
Millerite  (*)MilleriteNiS49733701066
Nitratine  (*)CalciteNa(NO3)497337091
Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)PyriteNiAsS4973370767
Polydymite  (*)SpinelNi2+Ni3+2S44973370131
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2497337039462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S849733709056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2497337061156
Siegenite  (*)SpinelCoNi2S44973370249
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS497337021482
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S1349733701803
Vaesite  (*)PyriteNiS24973370106


9 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
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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