Composite Section

Past Producer in Dubuque county in Iowa, United States with commodity Phosphorus-Phosphates
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Host and associated rocks
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. General comments
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10100309
MRDS ID W044570
Record type Site
Current site name Composite Section

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -90.71679, 42.49195 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Dubuque(county)

Iowa(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Dubuque South(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 Iowa Dubuque

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Phosphorus-Phosphates Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
    Rock unit name Maquoketa Shale
    Rock description Maquoketa Shale
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician

Nearby scientific data

(1) -90.71679, 42.49195

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • N85<INTERBEDDED PHOSPHATIC DOLOMITE AND CARBONACEOUS SHALE; RELATIONSHIP TO GALENA FORMATION NOT STATED.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    F1 < BROWN, C. E., 1974, PHOSPHATIC ZONE IN THE LOWER PART OF THE MAQUOKETA SHALE IN NORTHEAST IOWA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY JOURNAL OF RESEARCH, V. 2, NO. 2, P. 219-232

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit GEN<BROWN (1974) LOCALITY 12, COMPOSITE SECTION FROM ROADCUT AND EXCAVATION NORTH OF U.S. ROUTE 20 NEAR CENTER GROVE. DOLOMITE, 5' 11.5% P2O5; DOLOMITE, 4' 17.2% P2O5. CADASTRAL LOCATION: NE 1/4 NW 1/4 SEC 27, T. 89 N., R. 2 E. ; INFO.SRC : COBB

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1985 Miller, M. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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