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Lansing Or Captain Turner's Mine

Past Producer in Allamakee county in Iowa, United States with commodities Lead, Zinc
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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10081987
MRDS ID W044472
Record type Site
Current site name Lansing Or Captain Turner's Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -91.30292, 43.40778 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Allamakee(county)

Iowa(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

New Albin(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Decorah(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

La Crosse(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Iowa(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 Iowa Allamakee

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Hemimorphite Ore
Smithsonite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
    Rock unit name Oneota Dolomite
    Rock description Oneota Dolomite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -91.30292, 43.40778
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • N85<CERUSSITE (NEAR THE SURFACE) AND GALENA (AT DEPTH) FILL A NEAR-VERTICAL FISSURE VEIN TRENDING N 10 W, FOLLOWING A MINOR FAULT. THE VEIN IS 3 TO 18 INCHES THICK, AND WAS MINED TO A DEPTH OF UP TO 300 FEET OVER A STRIKE LENGTH OF 1,200 FEET. MOST OF THE ORE WAS IN THE ONEOTA, BUT SOME WAS FOUND IN THE TREMPEALEAU FORMATION.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    F1 < 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.

  • Deposit

    F2 < JENNEY, W. P., 1894, LEAD AND ZINC DEPOSITS IN THE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY: AMERICAN INSTITUTE MINING ENGINEERS TRANSACTION, V. 22, P. 17L-225, 642-646

  • Deposit

    F3 < LEONARD, A. G., 1897, LEAD AND ZINC DEPOSITS OF IOWA: IOWA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY ANNUAL REPORT, 1896, V. 6, P.614.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit GEN<THE MINE WAS DISCOVERED IN 1891, AND HAD PRODUCED 500,000 POUNDS OF LEAD CONCENTRATES BY 1895. THE GALENA IS REPORTED TO CONTAIN 2.6 TO 4 OZ AG/TON, MUCH MORE THAN THAT FROM OTHER MINES IN THE UPPER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY DISTRICT. CADASTRAL LOCATION: SEC. 10, T. 99 N., R. 4 W. ; INFO.SRC : COBB

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1985 Miller, M. U.S. Geological Survey

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