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Turner Creek Occurrence

Past Producer in Fayette county in Iowa, United States with commodity Barium-Barite
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10081989
MRDS ID W044475
Record type Site
Current site name Turner Creek Occurrence

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -91.88072, 42.98083 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Fayette(county)

Iowa(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Hawkeye(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Oelwein(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Dubuque(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Turkey(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 Iowa Fayette

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Barium-Barite Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Barite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
    Rock unit name Wapsipinicon Formation
    Rock description Wapsipinicon Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Middle Devonian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -91.88072, 42.98083
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • N85<MINERALIZATION IS IN CHIEFLY IN CARBONATE ROCKS OF THE MIDDLE DEVONIAN WAPSIPINICON FORMATION; AT ONE LOCATION A VEIN OF MASSIVE RENIFORM BARITE IS ABOVE A SOLUTION COLLAPSE ZONE IN THE UPPER DAVENPORT MEMBER.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    F1 < PEARSON, S. G., 1982, DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENTS, DIAGENESIS, AND BARITE MINERALIZATION OF THE MIDDLE DEVONIAN WAPSIPINICON FORMATION IN FAYETTE COUNTY, IOWA: UNIVERSITY OF IOWA, IOWA CITY, UNPUBLISHED M. S. THESIS

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit GEN<LOCALITY IS ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE STREAM. CADASTRAL LOCATION: SW 1/4 SEC. 2, T. 94 N., R. 9 W. ; INFO.SRC : COBB

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1985 Miller, M. U.S. Geological Survey

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