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Pittsburg 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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Ownership information
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10086393
MRDS ID W800314
Record type Site
Current site name Pittsburg Mine
Alternate or previous names Great Western Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -90.40011, 42.35918 (WGS84)
Relative position ABOUT 4 MI S OF GALENA AND 1/4 MI SE OF BLACKJACK MINE.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Jo Daviess(county)

Illinois(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bellevue(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
27N 1E 4 SE OF SE Illinois

Comments on the location information

  • IN THE GALENA SUBDISTRICT.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Zinc Critical Primary
Lead Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • THE ORE IS RICH IN ZINC NEAR THE SHAFT, BUT IS LEANER TO THE NW.

Materials information

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

Alteration

  • (Local) Leaching, Silicification, Dolomitization

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 > Limestone
    Rock unit name Guttenberg And Ion Members
    Rock description Guttenberg And Ion Members
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Middle Ordovician
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Middle Ordovician
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -90.40011, 42.35918
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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.
Type of structure Local
Structure description Bautsch-Black Jack Trough

Comments on the geologic information

  • GUTTENBERG AND ION ARE MEMBERS OF THE DECORAH FM.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Year of first production 1915
Year of last production 1916

Mining district

District name Upper Mississippi Valley

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Vinegar Hill Mining Co.

Comments on the production information

  • MORE THAN 30,000 TONS OF ORE RUNNING BETWEEN 3 AND 6 PERCENT ZN WAS MINED.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Name of workings SHAFT
    Overall depth 46.33M

Comments on the workings information

  • THE ORE BODY IS IN THE BAUTSCH-BLACK JACK TROUGH AND IS 10 TO 40 FT THICK. ABOUT 1,500 GALLONS OF WATER PER MINUTE WAS PUMPED. IN MARCH, 1916, A SERIOUS CAVE IN OCCURRED AT THE NW HEADING. A DRIFT WAS DRIVEN AROUND THE CAVED AREA, BUT ROCK WAS DIFFICALT TO SUPPORT. SO THE MINE WAS ABANDONED. WHEN ABANDONED, THE MINE STILL CONTAINED MINABLE, THOUGH LOW GRADE, ORE.

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: WHEN CLOSED, THE MINE WAS RUNNING 3 PERCENT ZN. PREVIOUSLY, THE GRADE WAS 6 PERCENT.

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. 178; WILLMAN AND OTHERS, 1946, P. 37.

General comments

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.

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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