| Lat / long: | 42.50279, -90.40567 |
| Primary: | Zinc |
| Tertiary: | Lead |
| Ore: | Sphalerite |
| Gangue: | Calcite, Dolomite, Pyrite, Quartz |
| Orebody form: | ARCUATE |
| Discovery year: | 1913 |
| Operation type: | Unknown |
| Production size: | Yes |
| Development status: | Past Producer |
| Production years: | OPEND IN 1914 AND MINED AT INTERVALS TO 1948. THE MINE WAS OPENED FROM MAY 1942 TO MAY 1943 FOR ROBBING BY GILL BROTHERS. REOPENED FOR ROBBING AND STOPING APR 1945 TO SEP 1947. |
| First production started: | 1914 |
| Last production ended: | 1948 |
| Host rock: | Decorah Formation;Galena Dolomite |
| Host type: | Limestone,Dolomite |
| Structure: | Southeast 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., On The Same Syncline That Contains The Northwestern, Vinegar Hill, South Unity, Hughlett And Gray, And North Unity Mines. |
| Tectonic: | Stable Sedimentary Platform Having Later Mild Regional Deformation Sufficient To Produce Major And Minor Folds, Faults, Fracture Zones, And Joints. |
| Alteration processes: | Leaching, Silicification, Dolomitization |
| MRDS | W800092 |
| DEP | 10106499 |
| Reference | {Deposit:: 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.}{Deposit:: 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.}{Production:: HEYL AND OTHERS, 1959, P. 183.} |
| Reporter | Hedgman, Cheryl (Cannon, W.), Sutphin, David M., Mason Jr., G.T. |