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Monmouth & North Monmouth Mines

Past Producer in Lafayette county in Wisconsin, United States with commodities Lead, 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 10229345
MAS/MILS ID 0550650120
Record type Site
Current site name Monmouth & North Monmouth Mines

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -90.41651, 42.54251 (WGS84)
Elevation 280

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lafayette(county)

Wisconsin(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cuba City(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Dubuque North(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 Wisconsin Lafayette

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
4th Principal 001 N 001 E 19 N2N2S2 Wisconsin

Comments on the location information

  • REC.030- LOCATION GIVEN IS FOR NORTH MONMOUTH. MONMOUTH MINE METERS TO THE SOUTHEAST, AT 42.53968 N.LAT., 90.41242 E.LONG MINES ARE CONNECTED BY A DRIFT. SEVERAL HUNDRED THOUSAND TON ORE WERE PRODUCED. THE ORE WAS ABOUT 4% ZN, 8% PB. 1200 GALLONS OF WATER HAD TO BE PUMPED PER MINUTE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -90.41651, 42.54251
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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 1924

Mining district

District name Upper Mississippi Valley

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Fee Ownership

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Vinegar Hill Zinc Co.
    Year 1977

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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