Mine detail: Occurrence

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Location

Lat / long: 42.49279, -90.69929

Resource(N)

Primary: Phosphorus-Phosphates

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer

Geology

Host rock:Maquoketa Shale
Host type:Phosphorite

References

MRDSW044571
DEP10082060
Reference{Deposit:: F1 < BROWN, C.E., 1966, PHOSPHATE DEPOSITS IN THE BASAL BEDS OF THE MAQUOQUETA SHALE NEAR DUBUQUE, IOWA, IN GEOLOGICAL SURVEY RESEARCH 1966: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 550-B, P. B152-B158.}{Deposit:: F2 < BROWN, C. E., 1974, PHOSPHATIC ZONE IN THE LOWER PART OF THE MAQUOKETA SHALE IN NORTHEAST IOWA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY JOURNAL OF RESEARCH, V. 2, NO. 2, P. 219-232.}
ReporterMiller, M.