Mine detail: Negro Jim Mine

Previously called 'Nigger Jim Mine'

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Location: Lafayette County, Wisconsin, United States, North America
Lat / long: 42.80418, -90.36067
dep_id: 10086359
mrds_id: W800267
mas_id: 550650181
Commodity type: metallic and nonmetallic
Major mineral: Lead, Barium-Barite
Trace mineral: Zinc
Operation type: Surface-Underground
Production size: Unknown
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Galena
gangue: Calcite, Dolomite, Pyrite, Quartz
Reporter: Hedgman, Cheryl (Cannon, W.), Sutphin, David M., Mason Jr., G.T., Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC)
hrock_type: Limestone,Dolomite
References:
  • Heyl, 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
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