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Robarts and Wildcat Mines

Past Producer in Iowa county in Wisconsin, United States with commodity 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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Mineral rights holdings
  11. Land status
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10205760
MAS/MILS ID 0550490068
Record type Site
Current site name Robarts and Wildcat Mines
Alternate or previous names Lucky Six No.2, Treloar,, Kickapoo, Hinkle

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -90.28541, 42.92581 (WGS84)
Elevation 329

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Iowa(county)

Wisconsin(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Linden(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Dubuque North(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Dubuque(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Pecatonica(hydrologic unit)

Rock(hydrologic accounting unit)

Rock(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Mississippi(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Wisconsin Iowa

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
4th Principal 005 N 002 E 08 C NW Wisconsin

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -90.28541, 42.92581
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Year of first production 1830

Mining district

District name Upper Mississippi Valley

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Fee Ownership

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Eagle Picher Co.
    Year 1977
  • Type Operator
    Owner Davis Mining Enterprises
    Year 1977
  • Type Operator
    Owner Saxe Mining Co.
    Year 1977
  • Type Operator
    Owner Frontier Mining Co.
    Year 1977

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION WAS UNDOUBTEDLY LARGE, BUT IS NOT KNOWN. FROM 191 JIG CONCENTRATES AVERAGED 30-25 PERCENT ZINC. THE MINE WAS CLOSED BECAUSE OF LOW MARKET PRICES.

Reference information

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 25-NOV-1983 Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

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