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Graham-Snyder Mine

Past Producer in Jo Daviess county in Illinois, United States with commodities Zinc, Lead
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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. Materials information
  8. Alteration
  9. Mineral occurrence model information
  10. Host and associated rocks
  11. Nearby scientific data
  12. Geologic structures
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10086277
MRDS ID W800154
Record type Site
Current site name Graham-Snyder Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -90.43067, 42.47918 (WGS84)
Relative position ABOUT 4 MI N OF GALENA, IL.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Jo Daviess(county)

Illinois(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Galena(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Dubuque South(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 Illinois Jo Daviess

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
29N}29N 1W}1W 25}36 SE CORNER (25) OF NE CORNER (36) Illinois

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Zinc Critical Primary
Lead Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • THE ORE IS NEARLY LEAD-FREE ZINC ORE.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Sphalerite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Dolomite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Leaching, Silicification, Dolomitization

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 224
USGS model code 32a
Deposit model name Mississippi Valley, S.E. Missouri Pb-Zn
Mark3 model number 42

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
    Rock unit name Spechts Ferry
    Rock description Spechts Ferry
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Middle Ordovician
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Middle Ordovician
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
    Rock unit name Quimbys Mill Member, Platteville Formation;Stewartville Member, Galena Dolomite
    Rock description Quimbys Mill Member, Platteville Formation;Stewartville Member, Galena Dolomite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -90.43067, 42.47918
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Southeast Of Wisconsin Dome And On The Gentle West Limb Of Wisconsin Arch. To The South Is Illinois Basin And To The West And Southwest Is Forest City Basin. A Few Minles South O Fthe Zinc-Lead District Is Westward-Trending Savanna-Sabula Anticline. Regional Strike Is N 85 W And The Dip Is South.

Comments on the geologic information

  • SPECHTS FERRY IS A MEMBER OF THE DECORAH FM. THE GRAHAM OREBODY IS 1,500 FT LONG, AS MUCH AS 250 FT WIDE , AND 100 FT HIGH.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1946
Discoverer Eagle-Picher Co.
Year of first production 1947
Production years 194701953; REOPENED IN 1955, AND IN OPERATION IN JUN 1957.

Mining district

District name Upper Mississippi Valley

Comments on the production information

  • INTERMITTENT OPERATION THROUGH 1957.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Name of workings ESCAPE SHAFT
    Overall depth 74.68M
  • Type of workings Underground
    Name of workings SHAFT
    Overall depth 96.62M

Comments on the workings information

  • THE SNYDER ORE BODY TO THE NORTH OF THE MAIN MINE WAS OPERATED BY A LONG HAULAGE DRIFT FROM THE NORTH END OF THE GRAHAM-SNYDER MINE. PUMPING WATER FROM THE MINE AVERAGED 2,700 GALLONS PER MINUTE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HEYL, A.V., AGNEW, A.F., LYONS, E.J., AND BEHRE, C.H., JR., 1959, THE GEOLOGY OF THE UPPER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY ZINC-LEAD DISTRICT: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 309, 310 P

  • Production

    HEYL AND OTHERS, 1959.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE UPPER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY ZINC-LEAD DISTRICT LIES WITHIN THE SO-CALLED DRIFTLESS AREA WHERE NO MANTLE OF GLACIAL DRIFT IS PRESENT TO OBSCURE THE ROCK EXPOSURES. NATURAL CAVES ARE COMMON IN THE DISTRICT.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1994 Hedgman, Cheryl (Cannon, W.F.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAY-1996 Sutphin, David M. U.S. Geological Survey
Editor 01-MAY-1997 Mason Jr., G.T. U.S. Geological Survey

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