Mine detail: Schullsburg Mine

Previously called 'ShullsburgSchullsburg Mine and MillBlack Stone Mine'

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Location

Lat / long:

42.54168, -90.24261

Resource(B)

Primary:	Zinc
Secondary:	Lead
Tertiary:	Barium-Barite, Iron
Ore:	Barite, Galena, Marcasite, Pyrite, Sphalerite
Gangue:	Calcite

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Large
Development status:	Producer

Geology

Host rock:	Platteville
Host type:	Shale,Limestone,Dolomite

References

MRDS	W031396
DEP	10080282
Reference	HEYL, A.V., JR., AGNEW, A.F., LYONS, E.J., AND BEHRE, C.H., JR., WITH SPECIAL SECTIONS BY FLINT, A.E., 1959, THE GEOLOGY OF THE UPPER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY ZINC-LEAD DISTRICT: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 309, 310 P
Reporter	Sutphin, David M., Mason Jr., G.T.