Mine detail: Negro Jim Mine

Previously called 'Nigger Jim Mine'

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Location

Lat / long: 42.80418, -90.36067

Resource(B)

Primary: Lead, Barium-Barite
Tertiary: Zinc
Ore: Galena
Gangue: Calcite, Dolomite, Pyrite, Quartz

Production

Operation type: Surface-Underground
Production size: Unknown
Development status: Past Producer

Geology

Host type:Limestone,Dolomite

References

MRDSW800267
MAS550650181
DEP10086359
ReferenceHeyl, 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
ReporterHedgman, Cheryl (Cannon, W.), Sutphin, David M., Mason Jr., G.T., Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC)