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Royal Princess 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. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Ownership information
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10086402
MRDS ID W800325
Record type Site
Current site name Royal Princess Mine
Alternate or previous names California Diggings

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -90.39428, 42.30473 (WGS84)
Relative position 8 MI S OF GALENA, NEAR THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER BLUFFS

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 28 E2 OF E2 Illinois

Comments on the location information

  • IN THE GALENA SUBDISTRICT.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Zinc Critical Primary
Lead Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • ORE WAS SPHALERITE AND MARCASITE CEMENTING A SOLUTION BRECCIA.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Marcasite Ore
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 Associated
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
    Rock unit name Maquoketa
    Rock description Maquoketa
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Middle Ordovician
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Middle Ordovician
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Silurian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Silurian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
    Rock unit name Galena Dolomite
    Rock description Galena Dolomite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -90.39428, 42.30473
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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.

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Vertical Jointing

Comments on the geologic information

  • THIS IS A GASH-VEIN DEPOSIT ALONG A MINERALIZED JOINT IN THE GALENA DOLOMITE ABOVE THE TOP OF THE PROSSER CHERTY MEMBER. THE STRIKE OF THE CONTROLLING VERTICAL JOINT WAS ABOUT N 70 W AT THE WEST END OF THE MINE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Year of first production 1903
Year of last production 1910
Production years OPERATED INTERMTTENTLY TO 1910.

Mining district

District name Upper Mississippi Valley

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Devry

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Name of workings STOPE
    Length 182.88M
    Width 15.24M
    Height 6.1M
    Overall length 685.8M

Comments on the workings information

  • THREE SHAFTS WERE SUNK THE DEEPEST IS 265 FT.

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: FIVE INCLINED HOLES WERE DRILLED IN 1946-47 SEEKING ZN ORE IN THELOWER PART OF THE PROSSER CHERTY MEMBER OF TEH GALENA DOLOMITE AND IN THE GUTTENBERG AND ION MEMBERS OF DECORAH FM.

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

    BAIN, H.F., 1905, ZINC AND LEAD DEPOSITS OF NORTHWESTERN ILLINOIS: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 246, 56 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.

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.
Deposit ROYAL PRINCESS IS THE ONLY ZINC DEPOSIT IN A LARGE AREA OF LEAD DIGGINS KNOWN AS THE CALIFORNIA DIGGINGS.

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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