| Deposit ID | 10086313 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | W800198 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Oldenburg Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | Sometimes Spelled Oldenberg |
| Geographic coordinates: | -90.44344, 42.45307 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Relative position | ABOUT 2.5 MI N OF GALENA. |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Jo Daviess(county)
Illinois(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Galena(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Dubuque South(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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Illinois | Jo Daviess |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28N | 1W | 1 | CENTER OF W12 | Illinois |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Zinc Critical | Primary |
| Lead | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Sphalerite | Ore |
| Calcite | Gangue |
| Dolomite | Gangue |
| Marcasite | Gangue |
| Pyrite | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Model code | 224 |
|---|---|
| USGS model code | 32a |
| Deposit model name | Mississippi Valley, S.E. Missouri Pb-Zn |
| Mark3 model number | 42 |
| Host or associated | Host | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite | ||||
| Rock unit name | Prosser Cherty Member | ||||
| Rock description | Prosser Cherty Member | ||||
| |||||
| (1) | -90.44344, 42.45307 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Southeast Of Wisconsin Dome And On The Gentle West Limb Of Wisconsin Arch. To The South Is Illinois Basin And To The West And Southwest Is Forest City Basin. A Few Minles South O Fthe Zinc-Lead District Is Westward-Trending Savanna-Sabula Anticline. Regional Strike Is N 85 W And The Dip Is South. |
| General form | SHEETED |
|---|---|
| Thickness | 9.14M |
| Length | 243.84M |
| Depth to top | 7.62M |
| Depth to bottom | 22.86M |
| Commodity type | Metallic |
|---|---|
| Significant | No |
| Year of first production | 1870 |
| Year of last production | 1907 |
| Production years | OPERATED AT INTERVALS FROM 1870 TO 1907. |
| District name | Upper Mississippi Valley |
|---|
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | John Oldenburg |
| Type of workings | Underground |
|---|---|
| Name of workings | LOWER SHAFT |
| Overall depth | 30.48M |
| Overall length | 243.84M |
| Overall width | 9.14M |
| Type of workings | Underground |
|---|---|
| Name of workings | UPPER SHAFT |
| Overall depth | 42.67M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | W800198 |
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.
GRANT, 1903, P. 73.
WILLMAN, H.B., REYNOLDS, R.R., AND HERBERT, PAUL, JR., 1946, GEOLOGICAL ASPECTS OF PROSPECTING AND AREAS FOR PROSPECTING IN THE ZINC-LEAD DISTRICT OF NORTHWESTERN ILLINOIS: ILLINOIS GEOLOGICAL SURVEY REPORT OF INVESTIGATIONS, NO. 116, 48 P.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | THE UPPER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY ZINC-LEAD DISTRICT LIES WITHIN THE SO-CALLED DRIFTLESS AREA WHERE NO MANTLE OF GLACIAL DRIFT IS PRESENT TO OBSCURE THE ROCK EXPOSURES. NATURAL CAVES ARE COMMON IN THE DISTRICT. |
| Deposit | IN 1905, THIS MINE WAS ONE OF THE BEST KNOWN MINES NEAR GALENA. |
| Deposit | THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF A HONEYCOMB DEPOSIT. ONE OF THE LARGEST TOP-RUN MINES IN THE DISTRICT. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-JUL-1994 | Hedgman, Cheryl (Cannon, W.) | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Updater | 01-MAY-1996 | Sutphin, David M. | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Editor | 01-MAY-1997 | Mason Jr., G.T. | U.S. Geological Survey |
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