Commodities
PrimaryZinc
TertiaryLead
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Model224: Mississippi Valley, S.E. Missouri Pb-Zn
Deposit sizeY
WorkingsUnderground
Ore controlFracturing
Materials
Ore mineralsSphalerite
GangueCalcite, Dolomite, Pyrite, Quartz
Geology
Host rockLimestone,Dolomite · Stewartville Massive Member;Prosser Cherty 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., N 75 E-Trending Fracture Zone
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 production1907
Last production1917
Identification
Deposit ID10111377
MRDS IDW800329
Alternate namesMerry Widow and Ten Strike Or Tenstrike Mines
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates42.40668, -90.47205
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.COX, G.H., 1914, LEAD AND ZINC DEPOSITS OF NORTHWESTERN ILLINOIS: ILLINOIS GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 21, 120 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.WILLMAN AND OTHERS, 1946, P. 39.