Commodities
PrimaryZinc
SecondaryIron
TertiaryLead
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Model224: Mississippi Valley, S.E. Missouri Pb-Zn
Deposit sizeY
WorkingsUnderground
Materials
Ore mineralsSphalerite
GangueCalcite, Dolomite, Pyrite, Quartz
Geology
Host rockLimestone,Dolomite · Ion Member;Guttenberg Member;Spechts Ferry Member
StructureSoutheast Of Wisconsin Dome And On The Gentle West Limb Of Wisconsin Arch. To The South Is Illinois Basin And To The West And Southwest Is Forest City Basin. A Few Minles South O Fthe Zinc-Lead District Is Westward-Trending Savanna-Sabula Anticline. Regional Strike Is N 85 W And The Dip Is South.
Tectonic settingStable Sedimentary Platform Having Later Mild Regional Deformation Sufficient To Produce Major And Minor Folds, Faults, Fracture Zones, And Joints.
AlterationLeaching, Silicification, Dolomitization
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1919
Last production1920
Discovery year1917
Identification
Deposit ID10086166
MRDS IDW800016
Alternate namesBuck Hill
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates42.4339, -90.42011
References
HEYL, A.V., AGNEW, A.F., LYONS, E.J., AND BEHRE, C.H., JR., 1959, THE GEOLOGY OF THE UPPER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY ZINC-LEAD DISTRICT: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 309, 310 P.WILLMAN, H.B., REYNOLDS, R.R., AND HERBERT, PAUL, JR., 1946, GEOLOGICAL ASPECTS OF PROSPECTING AND AREAS FOR PROSPECTING IN THE ZINC-LEAD DISTRICT OF NORTHWESTERN ILLINOIS: ILLINOIS GEOLOGICAL SURVEY REPORT OF INVESTIGATIONS, NO. 116, 48 P.HEYL AND OTHERS, 1959, P. 182; WILLMAN AND OTHERS, 1946, P. 33.HEYL AND OTHERS, 1959, P. 182; WILLMAN AND OTHERS, 1946, P. 34.