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Schullsburg Mine

Producer in Lafayette county in Wisconsin, United States with commodities Zinc, Lead, Barium-Barite, Iron
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10080282
MRDS ID W031396
Record type Site
Current site name Schullsburg Mine
Alternate or previous names Shullsburg, Schullsburg Mine and Mill, Black Stone Mine
Related records 10229233

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -90.24261, 42.54168 (WGS84)
Elevation 337

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lafayette(county)

Wisconsin(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Shullsburg(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Dubuque North(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Dubuque(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Apple-Plum(hydrologic unit)

Upper Mississippi-Maquoketa-Plum(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Mississippi-Maquoketa-Plum(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Mississippi(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Wisconsin Lafayette

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
001N 002E 22 Wisconsin

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Zinc Critical Primary
Lead Secondary
Barium-Barite Critical Tertiary
Iron Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Barite Ore
Galena Ore
Marcasite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Calcite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Middle Devonian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Middle Devonian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Platteville
    Rock description Platteville
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -90.24261, 42.54168
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Depth to top 107M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fracturing; Bedding

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Large
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Eagle-Picher Industries Inc.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit AVERAGE DIMENSIONS OF MINERALIZATION (IN METERS) LENGTH: 1006 WIDTH: 76 THICKNESS: 12

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1981 Sutphin, David M. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAR-1997 Sutphin, David M. U.S. Geological Survey
Editor 01-MAY-1997 Mason Jr., G.T. U.S. Geological Survey

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