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Vinegar Hill Blackstone Mine

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. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10229394
MAS/MILS ID 0550650160
Record type Site
Current site name Vinegar Hill Blackstone Mine
Alternate or previous names Blackstone Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -90.25761, 42.52921 (WGS84)
Elevation 317
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lafayette(county)

Wisconsin(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

New Diggings(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 002 E 28 S2NWSE Wisconsin

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) Maquoketa Formation
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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 1950

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 American Zinc Co.
    Year 1977
  • Type Operator
    Owner Vinegar Hill Zinc Co.
    Year 1977

Reference information

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit REC.050- THE MINE WAS STILL OPERATING IN 1957. IT HAS BEEN ONE OF THE LARGEST PRODUCERS IN THE DISTRICT. MUCH OF THE ORE IS HIGH GRADE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 25-NOV-83 Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

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