Optimo No.2 Mine

Unknown in Iowa county in Wisconsin, United States with commodities Lead, Zinc
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Sections on this page
  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. Land status
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10278416
MAS/MILS ID 0550490058
Record type Site
Current site name Optimo No.2 Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -90.27871, 42.91471 (WGS84)
Elevation 335

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 17 N2NWNE Wisconsin

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -90.27871, 42.91471

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Upper Mississippi Valley

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Optimo Mining Co.
    Year 1977
  • Type Operator
    Owner New Jersey Zinc Co.
    Year 1977
  • Type Operator
    Owner Mifflin And Linden Mining Co.
    Year 1977
  • Type Operator
    Owner Linden Mining Co.
    Year 1977

Comments on the production information

  • A CONSIDERABLE TONNAGE OF HIGH-GRADE ORE WAS MINED.

Reference information

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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