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Birkbeck Mine

Past Producer in Jo Daviess county in Illinois, United States with commodities Zinc, Lead
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Alteration
  9. Mineral occurrence model information
  10. Host and associated rocks
  11. Nearby scientific data
  12. Geologic structures
  13. Ore body information
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Ownership information
  17. Production statistics
  18. Reserves and resources
  19. Workings at the site
  20. Links to other databases
  21. Bibliographic references
  22. General comments
  23. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10086357
MRDS ID W800265
Record type Site
Current site name Birkbeck Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -90.38928, 42.48557 (WGS84)
Relative position LOCATED ABOUT 6 MI NE OF GALENA AND 2 MI W OF COUNCIL HILL ON A FARM OWNED BY MRS THOMAS BIRKBECK AND SONS.

Site location context

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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Illinois Jo Daviess

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
29N 1E 27 NE Illinois

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Zinc Critical Primary
Lead Tertiary

Materials information

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

Alteration

  • (Local) The Ore Replaces Limestone And Cements Rock Breccia.

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 224
USGS model code 32a
Deposit model name Mississippi Valley, S.E. Missouri Pb-Zn
Mark3 model number 42

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
    Rock unit name Prosser Cherty Member, Galena Dolomite;Mcgregor Member, Platteville Formation
    Rock description Prosser Cherty Member, Galena Dolomite;Mcgregor Member, Platteville Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -90.38928, 42.48557
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Economic information

Geologic structures

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.

Ore body information

  • Thickness 3.05M
    Length 213.36M
    Width 76.2M

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE ORE BODY TRENDED TO THE NW AND WAS 700 FT LONG, 50 TO 200 FT WIDE, AND AVERAGED 15 FT THICK.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1913
Discoverer Frontier Mining Co.; Wisconsin Zinc Co.
Year of first production 1915
Year of last production 1917

Mining district

District name Upper Mississippi Valley

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Wisconsin Zinc Co.
  • Type Owner
    Owner Mrs Thomas Birkbeck And Sons

Production statistics

  • Year 1917
    Period 1915-17
    Material ZN CONC
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^26.85 Percent Zn, 19.5 Percent Fe, And 0.35 Percent Pb
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Trace Conc. Lead Lead 0wt-pct
    Conc. Iron Iron 20wt-pct
    Major Conc. Zinc Zinc 27wt-pct
  • Year 1917
    Period 1915-17
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^2 To 3 Percent Zn
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Zinc Zinc 3wt-pct

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1917
    Total resources 68000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Zinc Zn 4.7 wt-pct Zinc Major 1917
    Lead Pb 6.8 wt-pct Lead Trace 1917

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • DRILLING INDICATED A LARGE TONNAGE OF UNMINED ORE REMAINS NW AND SE OF THE MINE WORKINGS.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Name of workings IRREGULAR STOPE
    Length 91.44M
    Width 60.96M
  • Type of workings Underground
    Name of workings SHAFT
    Overall depth 57.91M

Comments on the workings information

  • 65 HOLES WERE DRILLED ON THE PROPERTY--43 ARE IN OR CLOSE TO THE OREBODY. ABOUT 500 GALLONS OF WATER PER MINUTE WAS PUMPED DURING MINING. THE ORE WAS WORKED ONLY IN THE IMMEDIATE VICINITY OF THE SHAFT AND AS AN IRREGULAR STOPE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    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

    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.

  • Production

    HEYL AND OTHERS, 1959, P. 186.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Discovery Year: 1913-14
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.

Reporter information

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