Mine detail: Pin* Quarry

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Location: Black Hawk County, Iowa, United States, North America
Lat / long: 42.47029, -92.20489
dep_id: 10100290
mrds_id: W044483
Commodity type: metallic and nonmetallic
Major mineral: Fluorine-Fluorite, Zinc, Lead, Barium-Barite, Iron
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Barite, Fluorite, Galena, Pyrite, Sphalerite
Reporter: Miller, M.
hrock_unit: Cedar Valley Formation
hrock_type: Limestone
References:
  • Deposit:: F1 < ANDERSON, W. I., AND GARVIN, P. L., 1984, THE CEDAR VALLEY FORMATION (DEVONIAN), BLACK HAWK AND BUCHANAN COUNTIES: CARBONATE FACIES AND MINERALIZATION: GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF IOWA GUIDEBOOK 42, 47 P.
  • Deposit:: F2 < 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.
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