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Martin Marietta Quarry

Past Producer in Linn county in Iowa, United States with commodities Zinc, Iron
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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 10081998
MRDS ID W044487
Record type Site
Current site name Martin Marietta Quarry

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -91.52237, 41.91334 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Linn(county)

Iowa(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bertram(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Iowa City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Davenport(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Cedar(hydrologic unit)

Iowa(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Mississippi-Iowa-Skunk-Wapsipinicon(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Mississippi(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Iowa Linn

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Zinc Critical Primary
Iron Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pyrite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Marcasite Unknown

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
    Rock unit name Scotch Grove
    Rock description Scotch Grove
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Silurian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -91.52237, 41.91334
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • N85<MINERALIZATION WAS CONFINED TO SOLUTION ENLARGED VERTICAL FISSURES AND CAVITIES IN WALL ROCK - LATE SILURIAN DOLOMITE (SCOTCH GROVE AND GOWER FORMATIONS); COLLOFORM BANDED SPHALERITE, MARCASITE, AND ORANGE CALCITE OF TYPICAL UPPER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY DISTRICT HABIT ARE ABUNDANT. FLUID INCLUSIONS INDICATE A TEMPERATURE RANGE OF 69-99 C.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    YOUNG, BRUCE M., L975, ORAL COMMUNICATION TO W. S. WEST.

  • Deposit

    HEYL, A. V., FIELD NOTES

  • Deposit

    F3 < BAIN, H. F., 1906, ZINC AND LEAD DEPOSITS OF THE UPPER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 294, 155 P.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit GEN<THE PLUM CREEK FAULT ZONE LIES JUST NORTH OF THE QUARRY. TWO SETS OF VERTICAL JOINTS ARE PRESENT; N 77 W, AND N 35 E. CADASTRAL LOCATION: NE 1/4 SEC. 15, T. 82 N., R. 6 W. ; INFO.SRC : COBB

Reporter information

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

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