Erin Mound

Prospect in Stephenson county in Illinois, United States with commodity Copper
Sections on this page
  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. Mineral rights holdings
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10144736
MAS/MILS ID 0171770022
Record type Site
Current site name Erin Mound

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -89.77119, 42.33331 (WGS84)
Elevation 287

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Stephenson(county)

Illinois(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Pearl City(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Rockford(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Rockford(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Pecatonica(hydrologic unit)

Rock(hydrologic accounting unit)

Rock(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Mississippi(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Illinois Stephenson

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
4th Principal 027 N 006 E 14 NESE Illinois

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -89.77119, 42.33331

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Fee Ownership
Type of mineral rights Private Lease
Type of mineral rights Minerals Only

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HEYL, AGNEW, LYONS, AND BEHRE, GEOLOGY OF THE UPPER MISSISSI

  • Deposit

    VALLEY ZINC-LEAD DISTRICT, USGS PROF PPR 309, 1959.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 03-NOV-1983 Schmidt U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.