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Calvert,Frontier,And Treganza

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 10156386
MAS/MILS ID 0550650157
Record type Site
Current site name Calvert,Frontier,And Treganza
Alternate or previous names Calvert Mine, Frontier Mine, Treganza Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -90.39261, 42.57311 (WGS84)
Elevation 268

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lafayette(county)

Wisconsin(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cuba City(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 001 E 08 SESWNE Wisconsin

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -90.39261, 42.57311
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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 1905
Year of first production 1909

Mining district

District name Upper Mississippi Valley

Mineral rights holdings

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

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Frontier Mining Co.
    Home office Wisconsin
    Year 1977
  • Type Unknown
    Owner Vinegar Hill Mining Co.
    Year 1977
  • Type Operator
    Owner Burr Mining Co.
    Year 1977

Reference information

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit REC 030- THE LOCATION GIVEN IS THE APPROXIMATE CENTER OF THE MINES. LOCATIONS OF THE INDIVIDUAL MINES ARE AS FOLLOWS- CALVERT MINE- 42.57462 NORTH 90.39367 WEST FRONTIER MINE- 42.57327 NORTH 90.39041 WEST TREGANZA MINE- 42.57122 NORTH 90.39381 WEST THE FRONTIER MINE WAS CONSIDERED ONE OF THE BEST ZINC ORE BO THE DISTRICT, BUT NO PRODUCTION FIGURES ARE AVAILABLE. THE CALVERT MINE, FROM 1909-1910, PRODUCED 45,000 TONS OF OR AVERAGED 7.5% ZINC. THE MINES HAVE NOT BEEN ROBBED, THUS CONSIDERABLE ORE PROBAB LEFT IN THE MINES. THE 3 SEPARATE ORE BODIES OF THESE MINES ARE CONNECTED BY DR

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 25-NOV-1983 Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

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