Barreltown Adits

Past Producer in Iowa county in Wisconsin, United States with commodity 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 10302468
MAS/MILS ID 0550490031
Record type Site
Current site name Barreltown Adits

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -90.1682, 42.91311 (WGS84)
Elevation 317

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Iowa(county)

Wisconsin(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Dodgeville(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Dubuque North(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Dubuque(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 Wisconsin Iowa

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
4th Principal 005 N 003 E 17 C NW Wisconsin

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -90.1682, 42.91311

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 1951

Mining district

District name Upper Mississippi Valley

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Fee Ownership

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Dodgeville Mining Co.
    Year 1977

Reference information

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 13-FEB-1978 Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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