Durango Drybone Mine

Unknown in Dubuque county in Iowa, United States with commodities Zinc, 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. Mining district
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10086253
MRDS ID W800125
Record type Site
Current site name Durango Drybone Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -90.78623, 42.55501 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Dubuque(county)

Iowa(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Sherrill(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Dubuque North(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Dubuque(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Grant-Little 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
Zinc Critical Primary
Lead Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Sphalerite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Dolomite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Middle Ordovician
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -90.78623, 42.55501

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Upper Mississippi Valley

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, 1995, SPATIAL DATA EXTRACTED FROM THE MINERALS AVAILABILITY SYSTEM/MINERAL INDUSTRY LOCATION SYSTEM: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES SPECIAL PUBLICATION 12-95, ISO 9960 STANDARD CD-ROM

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1994 Hedgman, Cheryl (Cannon, W.) 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

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.