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Calumet and Hecla Mine

Past Producer in Lafayette county in Wisconsin, United States with commodity Zinc
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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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Mineral rights holdings
  11. Land status
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10132333
MAS/MILS ID 0550650054
Record type Site
Current site name Calumet and Hecla Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -90.24231, 42.54191 (WGS84)
Elevation 334
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lafayette(county)

Wisconsin(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Shullsburg(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Dubuque North(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 Wisconsin Lafayette

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
4th Principal 001 N 002 E 22 S2NWSW Wisconsin

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -90.24231, 42.54191
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1947
Year of first production 1949

Mining district

District name Upper Mississippi Valley

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Fee Ownership

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Eagle Picher Co.
    Year 1977
  • Type Operator
    Owner Calumet And Hecla Consolidated Copper Co.
    Year 1977

Reference information

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit REC.050- THE MINE WAS OPERATING IN 1957. IT WAS ONE OF THE LAST PRODUCERS IN THE DISTRICT AT THAT TIME. THE MILL FEED OF RAW AVERAGED 4-6 PERCENT ZINC. UPDATE NOV.1977 BY D.C.UHRIN.THIS MINE IS NOW PART OF THE SH BURG MINE(0550650030).

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 25-NOV-83 Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

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