| Location: | Jo Daviess County, Illinois, United States, North America |
| Lat / long: | 42.49862, -90.39678 |
| dep_id: | 10086254 |
| mrds_id: | W800126 |
| Commodity type: | metallic |
| Major mineral: | Zinc |
| Minor mineral: | Lead |
| Operation type: | Unknown |
| Production size: | Production occurred |
| Development status: | Unknown |
| ore: | Galena, Sphalerite |
| gangue: | Calcite, Dolomite, Pyrite, Quartz |
| orebody_fm: | ARCUATE |
| work_type: | Underground |
| model: | 224: Mississippi Valley, S.E. Missouri Pb-Zn |
| alteration: | Leaching, Silicification, Dolomitization |
| conc_proc: | Replacement |
| Reporter: | Hedgman, Cheryl (Cannon, W.F.), Sutphin, David M., Mason Jr., G.T. |
| hrock_unit: | Ion Member;Guttenberg Member |
| hrock_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., On The Same Syncline That Contains The Northwestern, Vinegar Hill, South Unity, Hughlett And Gray, And North Unity Mines. |
| tectonic: | Stable Sedimentary Platform Having Later Mild Regional Deformation Sufficient To Produce Major And Minor Folds, Faults, Fracture Zones, And Joints. |
| Year first produced: | 1904 |
| ylp_ba: | > |
| yr_lst_prd: | 1913 |
| disc_yr: | 1903 |
| prod_yrs: | FROM 1904 TO AFTER 1913 WITH SOME INTERRUPTIONS. |
| References: |
- 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.
- Deposit:: COX, G.H., 1914, LEAD AND ZINC DEPOSITS OF NORTHWESTERN ILLINOIS: ILLINOIS GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 21, 120 P.
- Deposit:: BAIN, H.F., 1905, ZINC AND LEAD DEPOSITS OF NORTHWESTERN ILLINOIS: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 246, 56 P.
- Deposit:: WILLMAN, H.B., REYNOLDS, R.R., AND HERBERT, PAUL, JR., 1946, GEOLOGICAL ASPECTS OF PROSPECTING AND AREAS FOR PROSPECTING IN THE ZINC-LEAD DISTRICT OF NORTHWESTERN ILLINOIS: ILLINOIS GEOLOGICAL SURVEY REPORT OF INVESTIGATIONS, NO. 116, 48 P.
- Production:: HEYL AND OTHERS, 1959, P. 184.
|