Illinois Mine

Jo Daviess County, Illinois, United States

Lead Zinc

Land & claims · BLM · live

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Commodities

PrimaryLead

TertiaryZinc

Commodity typeMetallic

Deposit

Model224: Mississippi Valley, S.E. Missouri Pb-Zn

Deposit sizeY

WorkingsUnderground

Materials

Ore mineralsGalena, Sphalerite

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 statusUnknown

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References

COX, G.H., 1914, LEAD AND ZINC DEPOSITS OF NORTHWESTERN ILLINOIS: ILLINOIS GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 21, 120 P

Identification

Deposit ID10086353

MRDS IDW800259

RegionNA

Data scoreB

Coordinates42.31251, -90.24011