Levens Mine North Langworthy Mine

Past Producer in Dubuque county in Iowa, United States with commodities Lead, Zinc
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 10082026
MRDS ID W044525
Record type Site
Current site name Levens Mine North Langworthy Mine
Alternate or previous names North Langworthy Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -90.71262, 42.51307 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Dubuque(county)

Iowa(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Dubuque North(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Dubuque North(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 Iowa Dubuque

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Sphalerite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
    Rock unit name Galena Formation
    Rock description Galena Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Middle Ordovician

Nearby scientific data

(1) -90.71262, 42.51307

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • ORE IS IN A CAVE-FILL AND GASH-VEINS IN THE GALENA DOLOMITE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    F1 < CALVIN, SAMUEL, AND BAIN, H. F., 1900, GEOLOGY OF DUBUQUE COUNTY, IOWA: IOWA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY REPORT [1899], V. 10, P. 379-622.

  • Deposit

    F2 < 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

    F3 < FLINT, A. E., AND BROWN, C. E., 1955, GEOLOGY AND ZINC-LEAD DEPOSITS IN THE DURANGO AREA, DUBUQUE COUNTY, IOWA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MINERAL INVESTIGATIONS FIELD STUDIES MAP MF 33, 1:12,000.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit GEN<ONE OF THE LARGEST GASH VEINS OF THE DUBUQUE SUBDISTRICT, IT PRODUCED INTERMITTENTLY FROM 1830-1901; PRODUCTION OF 5,000 TONS OF CONCENTRATES (80 % LEAD) BUT NO ZINC WAS REPORTED. CADASTRAL LOCATION: SW 1/4 SE 1/4 SEC. 15, T. 89 N, R. 2 E. ; INFO.SRC : COBB

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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