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Bautsch Mine

Past Producer in Jo Daviess county in Illinois, United States with commodities Zinc, Lead
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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 10086376
MRDS ID W800294
Record type Site
Current site name Bautsch Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -90.39205, 42.3439 (WGS84)

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}27N 1E}1E 10}15 CENTER OF S (10) OF CENTER OF N (15) Illinois

Comments on the location information

  • IN THE GALENA SUBDISTRICT.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Zinc Critical Primary
Lead Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • LOCALLY SOLUTION SAGS, BRECCIA, AND COLLAPSE BRECCIA ARE ABUNDANT IN THE ORE BODY.

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
    Rock unit name Platteville Formation;Galena Dolomite
    Rock description Platteville Formation;Galena Dolomite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -90.39205, 42.3439
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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

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Year of first production 1946
Production years 1946- STILL IN OPERATION IN 1957.

Mining district

District name Upper Mississippi Valley

Comments on the production information

  • MINE STILL IN OPERATION AS OF 1957

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Name of workings MIDDLE SHAFT
    Overall depth 88.7M
    Overall length 975.36M
    Overall width 121.92M
  • Type of workings Underground
    Name of workings NORTH SHAFT
    Overall depth 85.95M

Comments on the workings information

  • THE OREBODY WAS 40 TO 130 FT THICK--ONE OF THE LARGEST ORE BODIES IN THE MINING DISTRICT. LATER PROSPECTING BY TRI-STATE ZINC, INC., HAS GREATLY ENLARGED THE RESERVES, SO IT IS PROBABLY THE LARGEST ORE BODY IN THE DISTRICT. IN 1949, 1,500 GALLONS OF WATER PER MINUTE WAS PUMPED FROM THE MINE.

Comments on development

  • FOUND AFTER A 1944 STUDY OF GEOLOGIC STRUCTURES BY THE U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY AND A DRILLING PROGRAM BY THE U.S. BUREAU OF MINES THE USGS, AND THE ILLINOIS STATE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY. ; ECON.COM: THE DRILLING PROGRAM IDENTIFIED AN ORE BODY OF MORE THAN 2,000,000 TONS OF ORE RICH IN BOTH LEAD AND ZINC.

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

    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.

  • Production

    HEYL AND OTHERS, 1959.

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.F.) 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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