Mine detail: Volga Occurrence

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Location: Clayton County, Iowa, United States, North America
Lat / long: 42.80667, -91.54459
dep_id: 10100289
mrds_id: W044479
Commodity type: metallic and nonmetallic
Major mineral: Phosphorus-Phosphates, Fluorine-Fluorite, Zinc
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Fluorite, Sphalerite
Reporter: Miller, M.
hrock_unit: Maquoketa Shale
hrock_type: Dolomite,Phosphorite
References:
  • Deposit:: F1 < BROWN, C. E., 1967, FLUORITE IN CRYSTAL-LINED VUGS IN THE MAQUOKETA SHALE AT VOLGA, CLAYTON COUNTY, IOWA: AMERICAN MINERALOGIST, V. 52, P. 1735-1750.
  • Deposit:: F2 < WORL, R. G., VAN ALSTINE, R. E., AND HEYL, A. V., 1974, FLUORITE IN THE UNITED STATES, EXCLUSIVE OF HAWAII: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MAP MR-60, SCALE L:3,168,000.
  • Deposit:: F3 < HEYL, A. V., AND WEST, W. S., 1982, OUTLYING MINERAL OCCURRENCES RELATED TO THE UPPER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY MINERAL DISTRICT, WISCONSIN, IOWA, ILLINOIS, AND MINNESOTA: ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, V. 77, P. 1803-1817.
  • Deposit:: F4 < BROWN, C.E., 1966, PHOSPHATE DEPOSITS IN THE BASAL BEDS OF THE MAQUOQUETA SHALE NEAR DUBUQUE, IOWA, IN GEOLOGICAL SURVEY RESEARCH 1966: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 550-B, P. B152-B158.
  • Deposit:: F5 < BROWN, C. E., 1974, PHOSPHATIC ZONE IN THE LOWER PART OF THE MAQUOKETA SHALE IN NORTHEAST IOWA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY JOURNAL OF RESEARCH, V. 2, NO. 2, P. 219-232.
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