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Illinois Mine

Unknown in Jo Daviess county in Illinois, United States with commodities Lead, Zinc
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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10086353
MRDS ID W800259
Record type Site
Current site name Illinois Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -90.24011, 42.31251 (WGS84)
Relative position LOCATED ON THE OLD RICHARDS RANGE ABOUT 1/2 MI FROM THE CHICAGO AND GREAT WESTERN RAILROAD.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Jo Daviess(county)

Illinois(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Elizabeth(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 2E 23 SE OF SE Illinois

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
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
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Middle Ordovician
  • 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.

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE DEPOSIT CONSISTS OF EAST-WESTS CUT BY NORTH-SOUTHS AND QUARTERING (COX, 1914, P. 60).

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Upper Mississippi Valley

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Name of workings DRIFT
    Length 45.72M
  • Type of workings Underground
    Name of workings HOISTING SHAFT
    Overall depth 33.53M
  • Type of workings Underground
    Name of workings PUMP SHAFT
    Overall depth 39.62M

Comments on the workings information

  • THE MAXIMUM DEPTH REACHED WAS 96 FT, UNTIL 1906 WHEN TWO SHAFTS WERE SUNK. A DRIFT WAS CUT 150 FT TO THE SOUTH FOLLOWING A THIN SHEET OF GALENA.

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: FORMERLY AN IMPORTANT PRODUCER OF LEAD ORE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    COX, G.H., 1914, LEAD AND ZINC DEPOSITS OF NORTHWESTERN ILLINOIS: ILLINOIS GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 21, 120 P

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.

Reporter information

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

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