Unnamed Occurrence

Past Producer in Allamakee county in Iowa, United States with commodity Iron
Sections on this page
  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 10082024
MRDS ID W044523
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Occurrence

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -91.41182, 43.26944 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Allamakee(county)

Iowa(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Waukon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Decorah(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

La Crosse(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Coon-Yellow(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
Iron Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Hematite Ore
Limonite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Clay, Mud
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous

Nearby scientific data

(1) -91.41182, 43.26944

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • N85<CONCRETIONARY "BOULDERS" OF LIMONITE IN A CLAY MATRIX; MUCH LIKE THE DEPOSIT AT THE WAUKON IRON MINE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    F1 < CALVIN, SAMUEL, 1895, GEOLOGY OF ALLAMAKEE COUNTY, IOWA: IOWA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY ANNUAL REPORT, V. 4, P. 35-120

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit GEN<CADASTRAL LOCATION: SE 1/4 SEC. 27, NE 1/4 SEC. 34, T. 98 N., R. 5 W. ; INFO.SRC : COBB

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.