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Negro Jim Mine

Past Producer in Lafayette county in Wisconsin, United States with commodities Lead, Zinc, Barium-Barite
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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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10086359
MRDS ID W800267
MAS/MILS ID 0550650181
Record type Site
Current site name Negro Jim Mine
Alternate or previous names Nigger Jim Mine

Comments on the site names

  • The original site name contained a derogatory word that has been changed according to Department of the Interior policy outlined at http://geonames.usgs.gov/docs/pro_pol_pro.pdf. See Chap. 3, Policy V. The revised form of the name now appears in the permanent record as the "Current" or preferred site name, and the prior, derogatory name is labeled "Previous".

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Trench
Geographic coordinates: -90.36067, 42.80418 (WGS84)
Elevation 338

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lafayette(county)

Wisconsin(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mifflin(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Dubuque North(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Dubuque(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Grant-Little Maquoketa(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 Wisconsin Lafayette

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
4th Principal 004 N 001 E 22 C Wisconsin

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Tertiary
Barium-Barite Critical Primary

Materials information

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

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

Trench (1) -90.36067, 42.80418
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Significant No

Mining district

District name Upper Mississippi Valley

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Heyl, A.V., Jr., Agnew, A.F., Lyons, E.J., And Behre, C.H., Jr., With Special Sections By Flint, A.E., 1959, The Geology Of The Upper Mississippi Valley Zinc-Lead District: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 309, 310 P

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1994 Hedgman, Cheryl (Cannon, W.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAR-1997 Sutphin, David M. U.S. Geological Survey
Editor 01-MAY-1997 Mason Jr., G.T. U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 31-JUL-1979 Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

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