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Upper Mississippi Valley Zn - Pb Dist. Mines

Producer in Grant county in Wisconsin, United States with commodities Zinc, Lead, Cadmium, Copper, Barium-Barite
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Ownership information
  15. Production statistics
  16. Reserves and resources
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10073161
MRDS ID W019010
Record type District
Current site name Upper Mississippi Valley Zn - Pb Dist. Mines

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -90.50011, 42.66668 (WGS84)
Elevation 328
Relative position AT THE JUNCTION OF WISCONSIN, ILLINOIS AND IOWA ABOUT 100 KM SW OF MADISON, WISC.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Grant(county)

Wisconsin(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Dickeyville(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Dubuque North(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Dubuque(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Grant-Little Maquoketa(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
United States Wisconsin Lafayette
United States Illinois Jo Daviess
United States Iowa Dubuque

Comments on the location information

  • ONLY 2 MINES ARE PRESENTLY ACTIVE, BOTH NEAR SHULLSBURG. CRAWHILL AND ELMO TO REOPEN SOON.; PREVIOUS QUAD DESIGNATION = DUBUQUE 1:250000

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Zinc Critical Primary
Lead Secondary
Cadmium Secondary
Copper Tertiary
Barium-Barite Critical Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • COPPER AND BARITE ARE NO LONGER RECOVERED

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Barite Ore
Chalcocite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Marcasite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Dolomite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
    Rock unit name Galena Formation Dolomite;Decorah Formation Dolomite, Limestone;Platteville Formation Limestone, Dolomite;Prarie Du Chien Group Dolomite
    Rock description Galena Formation Dolomite;Decorah Formation Dolomite, Limestone;Platteville Formation Limestone, Dolomite;Prarie Du Chien Group Dolomite

Nearby scientific data

(1) Sinnipee Group
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Wisconsin Arch To The East, Illinois Basin To The South, Forest City Basin To The West

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR, LINEAR
    Length 130000M
    Width 100000M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Reverse And Bedding Plane Faults, Joints Associated With Gentle Folds

Comments on the geologic information

  • COMMENTS BY H. WEDOW FOLLOW: ORE IN VEINS, AS REPLACEMENT AND IMPREGNATIONS OCCURRING ALONG SHEARS, SMALL REVERSE FAULTS, AND BEDDING PLANE FAULTS IN THE GALENA DOLOMITE, DECORAH FORMATION, AND UPPER PART OF THE PLATTEVILLE FORMATION, ALL MIDDLE ORDOVICIAN IN AGE. THE ARE A HAS BEEN GENTLY FLEXED.(HEYL, 1960?, UNPUBLISHED DATA.)

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Large
Significant No
Discovery year 1750
Discoverer French Explorers
Year of first production 1750

Mining district

District name Upper Mississippi Valley Dist., Driftless Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Eagle - Picher Ind. Inc., Ivey Construction Co.

Production statistics

  • Year 1951
    Period 1860-1951
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^Zn Ore (1.1 Million Mt. Zn Recov.)
  • Year 1964
    Period 1925-1964
    Material PB
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^100 % Pb, Recoverable Metal
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Lead Lead 100wt-pct
  • Year 1964
    Period 1925-1964
    Material ZN
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^100 % Zn, Recoverable Metal
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Minor Zinc Zinc 100wt-pct
  • Year 1968
    Material CON-PB
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^59 % Pb, (Ivey Const. Co.)
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Conc. Lead Lead 59wt-pct
  • Year 1968
    Material CON-ZN
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^58 % Zn, (Ivey Const. Co.)
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Minor Conc. Zinc Zinc 58wt-pct
  • Year 1968
    Material CON-PB
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^69 % Pb, 0.1 % Zn, (Njz)
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Minor Conc. Zinc Zinc 0wt-pct
    Major Conc. Lead Lead 69wt-pct
  • Year 1968
    Material CON-ZN
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^60 % Zn, 0.6 % Pb, (Njz)
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Conc. Lead Lead 1wt-pct
    Minor Conc. Zinc Zinc 60wt-pct
  • Year 1968
    Material CON-PB
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^77 % Pb, (Eagle - Picher)
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Conc. Lead Lead 77wt-pct
  • Year 1968
    Material CON-ZN
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^59 % Zn, 0.15 % Cd (Eagle - Picher)
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Conc. Cadmium Cadmium 0wt-pct
    Minor Conc. Zinc Zinc 59wt-pct
  • Year 1968
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^4.6 % Zn, .3 % Pb, (Elmo Mine - Njz)
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Lead Lead 0wt-pct
    Minor Ore Zinc Zinc 5wt-pct
  • Year 1968
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^3.6 % Zn, .4 % Pb, (Grade Estimated By P.S.)
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Lead Lead 0wt-pct
    Minor Ore Zinc Zinc 4wt-pct

Comments on the production information

  • ITEM 2 - INCLUDES BLACKJACK, BIRKETTE, BAUTSCH, REHM - BAUER, SHULLSBURG MINES, ALL EAGLE - PICHER IND. INC.

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1977
    Total resources 9000000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Zinc Zn 3.5 wt-pct Zinc Major 1977
    Lead Pb 0.4 wt-pct Lead Minor 1977

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • 85% OF THE ORE OCCURS IN WISCONSIN. GRADE ESTIMATED BY P.S.

Comments on development

  • MILL.CAP: 1,300 MET TONS ; ECON.YEAR: 1968 ; ECON.COM: 3535 MTPD TOTAL MILL CAP.

Reference information

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General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPOSITS ARE PITCH - AND - FLAT VEINS AND REPLACEMENTS OFTEN 0.4 TO 1.6 KM LONG CONTAINING 50,000 TO 3,000,000 TONS, AND GASH VEIN DEPOSITS OF 100 TO 10,000 TONS PB ORE
Deposit Discovery Year: 1700'S

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1977 Schruben, Paul G. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAR-1997 Sutphin, David M. U.S. Geological Survey
Editor 01-MAY-1997 Mason Jr., G.T. U.S. Geological Survey

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