George Huber Farm

Past Producer in Delaware county in Iowa, United States with commodity Zinc
Sections on this page
  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 10081995
MRDS ID W044484
Record type Site
Current site name George Huber Farm

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -91.3507, 42.38918 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Delaware(county)

Iowa(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Earlville(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Anamosa(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Dubuque(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Maquoketa(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 Delaware

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Zinc Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Sphalerite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Silurian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -91.3507, 42.38918

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • N85<WATER WELL CUTTINGS CONTAINED ABUNDANT COARSE SPHALERITE IN SILURIAN DOLOMITE AT A DEPTH OF ABOUT 138 FT.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WEST, W. S., 1975, ORAL COMMUNICATION TO A. V. HEYL

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit GEN<SPHALERITE IN SAMPLES VERIFIED BY HEYL AND WEST. CADASTRAL LOCATION: SE 1/4 SEC. 31, T. 88 N., R. 4 W. ; INFO.SRC : COBB

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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