Description
New Jersey Zinc
Commodities
PrimaryZinc
TertiaryCadmium
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Model224: Mississippi Valley, S.E. Missouri Pb-Zn
Deposit sizeY
WorkingsUnderground
Ore controlSolution Brecciation And Replacement
Materials
Ore mineralsSphalerite
GangueCalcite, Dolomite, Pyrite, Quartz
Geology
Host rockLimestone,Dolomite · Mcgregor;Galena Dolomite
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., Bautsch-Black Jack Trough
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 statusUnknown
First production1944
Last production1949
Discovery year1926
Identification
Deposit ID10086334
MRDS IDW800228
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates42.35168, -90.39594
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.ZINNER AND LINCOLN, 1946.LYONS, HEYL, AND AGNEW, 1949.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. 180.