Guttenberg Mines

Past Producer in Clayton county in Iowa, United States with commodity Lead
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. Land status
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10290287
MAS/MILS ID 0190430039
Record type Site
Current site name Guttenberg Mines
Alternate or previous names Holmes Mine Largest of Several, Miners Creek Mines

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -91.12264, 42.79781 (WGS84)
Elevation 274
Location accuracy 5000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Clayton(county)

Iowa(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Guttenberg(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Oelwein(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Dubuque(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Grant-Little Maquoketa(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 Iowa Clayton

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
5th Principal 092 N 002 W 07 Iowa

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) Galena Group and Platteville Formation

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MINESINCLUDED IN SECS 7 AND 18 OF T 92 N, R 2 W AND SECS 11

  • Deposit

    AND 12 OF T 92 N, R 3 W. LARGEST MINES IN SEC 7

  • Deposit

    IOWA GEOL SURV VOL 6, 1896 PP 51-53

  • Deposit

    IOWA GEOL SURV 1905 ANNUAL REPORT VOL 16 PP 298-300

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1983 Igs / Dh U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.