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Gray Mine

Unknown in Jo Daviess county in Illinois, United States with commodities Zinc, Cadmium
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Alteration
  9. Mineral occurrence model information
  10. Host and associated rocks
  11. Nearby scientific data
  12. Geologic structures
  13. Ore body information
  14. Controls for ore emplacement
  15. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  16. Mining district
  17. Ownership information
  18. Reserves and resources
  19. Workings at the site
  20. Links to other databases
  21. Bibliographic references
  22. General comments
  23. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10086334
MRDS ID W800228
Record type Site
Current site name Gray Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -90.39594, 42.35168 (WGS84)
Relative position JUST NW OF THE BAUTSCH MINE IN THE BAUTSCH-BLACK JACK TROUGH; 4 MI SE OF GALENA.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Jo Daviess(county)

Illinois(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bellevue(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Dubuque South(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 Illinois Jo Daviess

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
27N 1E 10 NW Illinois

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Zinc Critical Primary
Cadmium Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • GREENOCKITE WAS RECOGNIZED AT THIS MINE.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Sphalerite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Dolomite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Leaching, Silicification, Dolomitization

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 224
USGS model code 32a
Deposit model name Mississippi Valley, S.E. Missouri Pb-Zn
Mark3 model number 42

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Mcgregor;Galena Dolomite
    Rock description Mcgregor;Galena Dolomite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite

Nearby scientific data

(1) Galena Group (Trenton Limestone)
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Southeast Of Wisconsin Dome And On The Gentle West Limb Of Wisconsin Arch. To The South Is Illinois Basin And To The West And Southwest Is Forest City Basin. A Few Minles South O Fthe Zinc-Lead District Is Westward-Trending Savanna-Sabula Anticline. Regional Strike Is N 85 W And The Dip Is South.
Type of structure Local
Structure description Bautsch-Black Jack Trough

Ore body information

  • Thickness 15.24M
    Length 396.24M
    Width 60.96M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Solution Brecciation And Replacement

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1926
Discoverer New Jersey Zinc
Year of first production 1944
Year of last production 1949

Mining district

District name Upper Mississippi Valley

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Tri-State Zinc, Inc.
  • Type Owner
    Owner H. L. Heer; Mrs F. Fox

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1945
    Total resources 217000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Zinc Zn 4.3 wt-pct Zinc Major 1945

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Name of workings SHAFT 1
    Overall depth 59.44M
  • Type of workings Underground
    Name of workings SHAFT 2
    Overall depth 84.73M

Comments on the workings information

  • ABOUT 2,800 GALLONS PER MINUTE WAS PUMPED IN 1945.

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: A JOINT PROGRAM OF THE USGS AND USBM DEVELOPED AN ORE BODY 1,300 X 100-200 X 25-50 FT. AS OF 1946, ONLY A SMALL PART OF THE DEPOSIT HAD BEEN MINED.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    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

    ZINNER AND LINCOLN, 1946.

  • Deposit

    LYONS, HEYL, AND AGNEW, 1949.

  • Deposit

    WILLMAN, H.B., REYNOLDS, R.R., AND HERBERT, PAUL, JR., 1946, GEOLOGICAL ASPECTS OF PROSPECTING AND AREAS FOR PROSPECTING IN THE ZINC-LEAD DISTRICT OF NORTHWESTERN ILLINOIS: ILLINOIS GEOLOGICAL SURVEY REPORT OF INVESTIGATIONS, NO. 116, 48 P.

  • Reserve-Resource

    HEYL AND OTHERS, 1959, P. 180.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE UPPER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY ZINC-LEAD DISTRICT LIES WITHIN THE SO-CALLED DRIFTLESS AREA WHERE NO MANTLE OF GLACIAL DRIFT IS PRESENT TO OBSCURE THE ROCK EXPOSURES. NATURAL CAVES ARE COMMON IN THE DISTRICT.
Deposit Discovery Year: 1926; 1941-42

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1994 Hedgman, Cheryl (Cannon, W.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAY-1996 Sutohin, D.M. U.S. Geological Survey
Editor 01-MAY-1997 Mason Jr., G.T. U.S. Geological Survey

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