Mine detail: Glanville Prospect

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Location

Lat / long:

42.36362, -90.40539

Resource(M)

Primary:	Zinc
Tertiary:	Lead
Ore:	Barite, Sphalerite
Gangue:	Calcite, Dolomite, Pyrite, Quartz

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:	Maquoketa Shale
Host type:	Shale
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	W800241
DEP	10086342
Reference	{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.}
Reporter	Hedgman, Cheryl (Cannon, W.F.), Sutphin, David M., Mason Jr., G.T.