Jefferson Mine

Past Producer in Grant county in Wisconsin, United States with commodities Lead, Zinc
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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. Mining district
  10. Mineral rights holdings
  11. Land status
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10205272
MAS/MILS ID 0550430045
Record type Site
Current site name Jefferson Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -90.42901, 42.55331 (WGS84)
Elevation 287

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Grant(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 Grant

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
4th Principal 001 N 001 W 13 N2SESE Wisconsin

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -90.42901, 42.55331

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Year of first production 1903

Mining district

District name Upper Mississippi Valley

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Fee Ownership

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Unknown
    Owner Eagle Picher Co.
    Year 1977
  • Type Operator
    Owner Vinegar Hill Mining Co.
    Year 1977

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION FROM 1918-1920 WAS 153577 TONS OF ORE. IN 1953 THE EAGLE PICHER CO. REOPENED JEFFERSON MINE AS A PA BIRKETT MINE. IT WAS STILL OPERATING IN 1957. THE ORE BODY H MINED FOR ABOUT 1000 FT OF LENGTH AND A WIDTH OF 50-100 FT ( 1959). STOPES ARE 20-63 FT HIGH. CONSIDERABLE DRILLED OUT ORE REMAINS BEYOND THE 1959 EXTENT THE WORKINGS AT BOTH ENDS OF THE MINE. WATER WAS A SERIOUS P REQUIRING 2200 GALLONS PER MINUTE TO BE PUMPED.

Reference information

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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