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Pint's Quarry

Past Producer in Black Hawk county in Iowa, United States with commodities Iron, Fluorine-Fluorite, Barium-Barite, Zinc, Lead
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10100290
MRDS ID W044483
Record type Site
Current site name Pint's Quarry

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -92.20489, 42.47029 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Black Hawk(county)

Iowa(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Gilbertville(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Marshalltown(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Waterloo(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Cedar(hydrologic unit)

Iowa(hydrologic accounting unit)

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

Upper Mississippi(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Iowa Black Hawk

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Primary
Barium-Barite Critical Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Lead Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Barite Ore
Fluorite Ore
Galena Ore
Pyrite Ore
Sphalerite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Cedar Valley Formation
    Rock description Cedar Valley Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Middle Devonian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -92.20489, 42.47029
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • N85<ORE MINERALS OCCUR IN THE CEDAR VALLEY FORMATION, ESSENTIALLY CONFINED TO VUGS OR BEDDING-PLANE FRACTURES.
  • N85<MINERALIZATION FOLLOWED VERTICAL JOINTS OF E-TREND; PRODUCTION PRIMARILY OF GALENA.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    F1 < ANDERSON, W. I., AND GARVIN, P. L., 1984, THE CEDAR VALLEY FORMATION (DEVONIAN), BLACK HAWK AND BUCHANAN COUNTIES: CARBONATE FACIES AND MINERALIZATION: GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF IOWA GUIDEBOOK 42, 47 P.

  • Deposit

    F2 < BROWN, C. E., 1967, FLUORITE IN CRYSTAL-LINED VUGS IN THE MAQUOKETA SHALE AT VOLGA, CLAYTON COUNTY, IOWA: AMERICAN MINERALOGIST, V. 52, P. 1735-1750.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit GEN<NOT REGARDED AS A MISSISSIPPI VALLEY-TYPE OCCURRENCE; NI IN PYRITE RANGES FROM 26-202 PPM., CO FROM 12-28 PPM. CADASTRAL LOCATION: SW 1/4 SEC. 36, T. 89 N., R. 12 W. ; INFO.SRC : COBB
Deposit GEN<DRILLING IN 1951 INDICATED FAVORABLE STRUCTURES AND MINERALIZED ROCK IN UNMINED AREAS. CADASTRAL LOCATION: T. 87 N., R. 4 E. ; INFO.SRC : COBB

Reporter information

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

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