Brushy Creek Mine, Greeley, Reynolds County, Missouri, USAi
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| Brushy Creek Mine | Mine |
| Greeley | Unincorporated Community |
| Reynolds County | County |
| Missouri | State |
| USA | Country |
Brushy Creek Mine, Southeast Missouri Lead District, Missouri, USA
Brushy Creek Mine, Viburnum Trend Mining District, Missouri, USA
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
37° 32' 17'' North , 91° 7' 42'' West
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Nearest Settlements:
| Place | Population | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Bunker | 400 (2017) | 11.6km |
| Centerville | 188 (2017) | 18.9km |
| Viburnum | 662 (2017) | 19.7km |
| Ellington | 960 (2017) | 35.8km |
| Salem | 4,992 (2017) | 37.8km |
Currently (2025) owned by the Doe-Run Company. This mine is famous for its large gray scalenohedral calcite crystals, many showing phantom crystals, sprinkled with a combination mix of chalcopyrite/marcasite. Also has rarely produced wonderful spinel-law galena crystals.
Recent drilling has encountered economic mineralization within the lower Bonneterre Dolomite of the Brushy Creek mine, more than 30 m below the main ore-bearing horizon of the district. These ores are more zinc and copper rich than typical deposits (Zn/Pb commonly >2 and Cu up to 8 wt %), with notable enrichments in Ni, Co, and Ag. There is pronounced zoning of Ni-Co, Cu, Zn, and Pb with increasing distance above the underlying Lamotte Sandstone. The stratigraphic position, massive character, metal contents, mineral zoning and textures, and gangue dolomite cements of the orebody are unusual for the Viburnum Trend. Mineralogically and stratigraphically, these ores are more similar to the historically mined ores of the Indian Creek and Fredericktown-Mine La Motte districts to the north and east of the Viburnum Trend.
Recent drilling has encountered economic mineralization within the lower Bonneterre Dolomite of the Brushy Creek mine, more than 30 m below the main ore-bearing horizon of the district. These ores are more zinc and copper rich than typical deposits (Zn/Pb commonly >2 and Cu up to 8 wt %), with notable enrichments in Ni, Co, and Ag. There is pronounced zoning of Ni-Co, Cu, Zn, and Pb with increasing distance above the underlying Lamotte Sandstone. The stratigraphic position, massive character, metal contents, mineral zoning and textures, and gangue dolomite cements of the orebody are unusual for the Viburnum Trend. Mineralogically and stratigraphically, these ores are more similar to the historically mined ores of the Indian Creek and Fredericktown-Mine La Motte districts to the north and east of the Viburnum Trend.
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| Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| ⓘ | Sphalerite | 2.CB.05a | ZnS |
| ⓘ | Chalcopyrite | 2.CB.10a | CuFeS2 |
| ⓘ | Wurtzite | 2.CB.45 | (Zn,Fe)S |
| ⓘ | Millerite | 2.CC.20 | NiS |
| ⓘ | Galena | 2.CD.10 | PbS |
| ⓘ | Linnaeite | 2.DA.05 | Co2+Co3+2S4 |
| ⓘ | Polydymite | 2.DA.05 | Ni2+Ni3+2S4 |
| ⓘ | Siegenite | 2.DA.05 | CoNi2S4 |
| ⓘ | Pyrite var. Bravoite | 2.EB.05a | (Fe,Ni)S2 |
| ⓘ | 2.EB.05a | FeS2 | |
| ⓘ | Marcasite | 2.EB.10a | FeS2 |
| ⓘ | Gersdorffite | 2.EB.25 | NiAsS |
| Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides | |||
| ⓘ | Quartz | 4.DA.05 | SiO2 |
| Group 5 - Nitrates and Carbonates | |||
| ⓘ | Calcite | 5.AB.05 | CaCO3 |
| ⓘ | Dolomite | 5.AB.10 | CaMg(CO3)2 |
| ⓘ | Aragonite | 5.AB.15 | CaCO3 |
| Group 9 - Silicates | |||
| ⓘ | Dickite | 9.ED.05 | Al2(Si2O5)(OH)4 |
| ⓘ | Kaolinite | 9.ED.05 | Al2(Si2O5)(OH)4 |
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Localities in this Region
- Missouri
- Reynolds County
- Greeley
- Brushy Creek Mine
- Greeley
- Reynolds County
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- Granite-Rhyolite ProvinceMagmatic Province
- Shawnee DomainDomain
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- Southeast Missouri Lead DistrictMining District
- Viburnum Trend Mining DistrictMining Sub-district
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References
Evans, L. L. (1977) Geology of the Brushy Creek Mine, Viburnum Trend, Southeast Missouri. Economic Geology, 72 (3) 381-390 doi:10.2113/gsecongeo.72.3.381
Nuelle, Laurence M., Paarlberg, Norman, Dunn, Robert C. (1997) Galena Crystals from Stope 72B30, Brushy Creek Mine, Reynolds County, Missouri. Rocks & Minerals, 72 (6) 374-377 doi:10.1080/00357529709605068
Presmyk, Les (1997) Brushy Creek Mine, Reynolds County, Missouri. Rocks & Minerals, 72 (6). 370-373 doi:10.1080/00357529709605067
Currier, Rock H. (1997) Calcite and Marcasite Specimens from the Brushy Creek Mine, Reynolds County, Missouri. Rocks & Minerals, 72 (6). 379-382 doi:10.1080/00357529709605069
Cavender, B. Danielle; Shelton, Kevin L.; Schiffbauer, James D. (2016) An Atypical Orebody in the Brushy Creek Mine, Viburnum Trend, MVT District, Missouri: Early Cu-(Ni-Co)-Zn-Rich Ores at the Lamotte Sandstone/Bonneterre Dolomite Contact. Economic Geology, 111 (1). 259-269 doi:10.2113/econgeo.111.1.259
Shelton, Kevin L.; Cavender, B. Danielle; Perry, Laura E.; Schiffbauer, James D.; Appold, Martin S.; Burstein, Isac; Fike, David A. (2020) Stable isotope and fluid inclusion studies of early Zn-Cu-(Ni-Co)-rich ores, lower ore zone of Brushy Creek mine, Viburnum Trend MVT district, Missouri, U.S.A.: Products of multiple sulfur sources and metal-specific fluids. Ore Geology Reviews, 118. 103358 doi:10.1016/j.oregeorev.2020.103358
Brushy Creek Mine, Greeley, Reynolds County, Missouri, USA