Prospect

Occurrence in Dubuque county in Iowa, United States with commodity Lead
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 10081996
MRDS ID W044485
Record type Site
Current site name Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -90.8104, 42.3039 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Dubuque(county)

Iowa(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bernard(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Dubuque South(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 Dubuque

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -90.8104, 42.3039

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    F1 < HEYL, A. V., AGNEW, A. F., LYONS, E. J., AND BEHRE, C. H., JR., 1959, THE GEOLOGY OF THE UPPER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY ZINC-LEAD DISTRICT: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 309, 310 P.

  • Deposit

    HEYL, A. V., FIELD NOTES

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit GEN<FORTY SHAFTS, MOST APPARENTLY BARREN, SEEN IN 1950'S BY C. E. BROWN, IN AREA OF EXTENSIVE PROSPECTING. CADASTRAL LOCATION: SEC. 35, T. 87 N., R. 1 E. ; 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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