Description
Old Buck, A Fox And Sac Indian
Commodities
PrimaryZinc
TertiaryLead
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Model224: Mississippi Valley, S.E. Missouri Pb-Zn
Deposit sizeY
Ore controlJointing
Materials
Ore mineralsSphalerite
GangueCalcite, Dolomite, Pyrite, Quartz
Geology
Host rockLimestone,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.
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
Production yearsWORK BY INDIANS BEFORE 1823; WHEN THE FIRST WHITE SETTLERS ARRIVED, THEY TOOK OVER AND MINED IT FOR MANY YEARS.
First production1824
Discovery year1820
Identification
Deposit ID10086337
MRDS IDW800233
Alternate namesBuck Lead Range
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates42.43529, -90.42567
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.WHITNEY, J.D., 1866, GEOLOGY OF THE LEAD REGION: ILLINOIS GEOLOGICAL SURVEY V. 1, P. 153-207.WHITNEY, 1866, P. 203.