Mine detail: Amelia Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

42.38584, -90.39817

Resource(M)

Primary:	Lead, Zinc
Ore:	Galena, Sphalerite
Gangue:	Calcite, Dolomite

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Yes
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1957

Geology

Host rock:	Decorah Formation;Galena Dolomite
Host type:	Limestone,Dolomite
Structure:	Southeast Of Wisconsin Dome And On The Gentle West Limb Of Wisconsin Arch. To The South Is Illinois Basin And To The West And Southwest Is Forest City Basin. A Few Minles South O Fthe Zinc-Lead District Is Westward-Trending Savanna-Sabula Anticline. Regional Strike Is N 85 W And The Dip Is South.
Tectonic:	Stable Sedimentary Platform Having Later Mild Regional Deformation Sufficient To Produce Major And Minor Folds, Faults, Fracture Zones, And Joints.
Alteration processes:	Leaching, Silicification, Dolomitization

References

MRDS	W062754
DEP	10083189
Reference	{Deposit:: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, 1995, SPATIAL DATA EXTRACTED FROM THE MINERALS AVAILABILITY SYSTEM/MINERAL INDUSTRY LOCATION SYSTEM (MAS/MILS): U.S. BUREAU OF MINES SPECIAL PUBLICATION 12-95.}{Deposit:: HEYL, A.V., AGNEW, A.F., LYONS, E.J., AND BEHRE, C.H., JR., 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.