Description
Stephen Marsden, Mar 1854
Commodities
PrimaryZinc, Lead
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Model224: Mississippi Valley, S.E. Missouri Pb-Zn
Deposit sizeY
WorkingsUnderground
Materials
Ore mineralsGalena, Sphalerite
GangueCalcite, Clay, Dolomite, Marcasite
Geology
Host rockLimestone,Dolomite · Decorah;Galena
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 years1854-60 OPERATED AS A LEAD MINE; AND AS A ZINC MINE UNTIL 1883. REOPENED IN 1907 BUT CLOSED IN 1908. NEW JERSEY ZINC OPENED IT IN 1913 AND OPERATED IT ON A LARGE SCALE UNTIL 1 MAR 1927.
First production1854
Last production1952
Discovery year1854
Identification
Deposit ID10106444
MRDS IDW062756
Alternate namesPeru Mine, Black Jack Mine, Marsden Black Jack Mine, Marsden Lode
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates42.3664, -90.40511
References
U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, 1995, SPATIAL DATA EXTRACTED FROM THE MINERALS AVAILABILITY SYSTEM/MINERAL INDUSTRY LOCATION SYSTEM (MAS/MILS): U.S. BUREAU OF MINES SPECIAL PUBLICATION 12-95.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.BAIN, H.F., 1905, ZINC AND LEAD DEPOSITS OF NORTHWESTERN ILLINOIS: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 246, 56 P.COX, G.H., 1914, LEAD AND ZINC DEPOSITS OF NORTHWESTERN ILLINOIS: ILLINOIS GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 21, 120 P.CHAMBERLIN, 1882, P. 477-478.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. 178; WILLMAN AND OTHERS, 1946, P. 33.