Mine detail: Upper Mississippi Valley Zn - Pb Dist. Mines

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Location

Lat / long:

42.66668, -90.50011

Resource(B)

Primary:	Zinc
Secondary:	Lead, Cadmium
Tertiary:	Copper, Barium-Barite
Ore:	Barite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Marcasite, Sphalerite
Gangue:	Dolomite, Quartz
Orebody form:	TABULAR, LINEAR
Discovery year:	1750

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Medium
Development status:	Producer
First production started:	1750

Geology

Host rock:	Galena Formation Dolomite;Decorah Formation Dolomite, Limestone;Platteville Formation Limestone, Dolomite;Prarie Du Chien Group Dolomite
Host type:	Dolomite
Structure:	Wisconsin Arch To The East, Illinois Basin To The South, Forest City Basin To The West

References

MRDS	W019010
DEP	10073161
Reference	{Deposit:: HEYL, A. V., 1968, THE UPPER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY BASE - METAL DISTRICT; IN RIDGE, J. D. ED., ORE DEPOSITS OF THE U.S., 1933 - 1967, V. 1, P 431 - 459}{Deposit:: VARIOUS AUTHORS, 1961 - 1966, GEOLOGY OF PARTS OF THE UPPER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY ZINC - LEAD DIST.; U. S. GEOL. SURV. BULL. 1123 A - I}{Production:: WORLD MINING 6 - 25 - 76 P. 194. RAUSCH AND MARIACHER, 1970, AIME SYMP. PB - ZN V. 1 P. 910, 914. HEYL, A. V., 1968, U. MISS. VALLEY DIST.; IN ORE DEPOSITS OF U. S. 1933 - 1967, P. 434, 435}{Reserve-Resource:: ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL 1 - 77 P. 143}
Reporter	Sutphin, David M., Mason Jr., G.T., Schruben, Paul G.