Clinton Diggings

Occurrence in Clinton county in Iowa, United States with commodity Lead

Sections on this page

Identification information
Geographic coordinates
Site location context
Geographic areas
Commodities
Materials information
Host and associated rocks
Nearby scientific data
Economic information about the deposit and operations
Links to other databases
Bibliographic references
General comments
Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID	10093864
MRDS ID	W044495
Record type	Site
Current site name	Clinton Diggings

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates:	-90.2026, 41.8539 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Clinton(county)

Iowa(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Clinton(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Davenport(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Davenport(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Copperas-Duck(hydrologic unit)

Upper Mississippi-Skunk-Wapsipinicon(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Mississippi-Iowa-Skunk-Wapsipinicon(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Mississippi(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country	State	County
United States	Iowa	Clinton

Commodities

Commodity	Importance
Lead	Primary

Materials information

Materials	Type of material
Galena	Ore

Host and associated rocks

Host or associated Host

Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite

Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Silurian

Nearby scientific data

(1)	-90.2026, 41.8539	ListMap

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status	Occurrence
Commodity type	Metallic
Significant	No

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency	Database name	Acronym	Record ID	Notes
USGS	Mineral Resources Data System	MRDS	W044495

Bibliographic references

Deposit

F1 < HEYL, A. V., AND WEST, W. S., 1982, OUTLYING MINERAL OCCURRENCES RELATED TO THE UPPER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY MINERAL DISTRICT, WISCONSIN, IOWA, ILLINOIS, AND MINNESOTA: ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, V. 77, P. 1803-1817.
Deposit

HEYL, A. V., FIELD NOTES

General comments

Subject category	Comment text
Deposit	GEN<UNSUCCESSFUL ATTEMPTS TO MINE LEAD FROM SILURIAN ROCKS HAVE BEEN MADE AT CLINTON; LOCATION APPROXIMATE. CADASTRAL LOCATION: SEC. 1, T. 21 N, R. 6 E. ; INFO.SRC : COBB

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.