Thompson Mine (Fields-Thompson Mine), New Diggings area mines, Upper Mississippi Valley Mining District, Lafayette County, Wisconsin, USAi
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
42° 31' 42'' North , 90° 17' 56'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
Type:
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Nearest Settlements:
Place | Population | Distance |
---|---|---|
Scales Mound | 378 (2017) | 6.9km |
Shullsburg | 1,210 (2017) | 7.5km |
Benton | 964 (2017) | 8.1km |
Hazel Green | 1,247 (2017) | 11.1km |
Cuba City | 2,055 (2017) | 13.7km |
Mindat Locality ID:
170873
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:170873:1
GUID (UUID V4):
59e10b3c-8a6e-49c9-91fe-97cae17b263f
This zinc mine worked first in 1914 and then was reopened from 1943 to 1946. Ore was mostly in pitch and flat structures in the Ordovician carbonate rocks of the Decorah and Galena Formations. The reported sanidine and K feldspar are from thin volcanic ash beds intercalated with the carbonate rocks.
Select Mineral List Type
Standard Detailed Gallery Strunz Chemical ElementsDetailed Mineral List:
β Calcite Formula: CaCO3 |
β Dolomite Formula: CaMg(CO3)2 |
β 'K Feldspar' |
β Pyrite Formula: FeS2 |
β Quartz Formula: SiO2 |
β Sanidine Formula: K(AlSi3O8) |
β Sphalerite Formula: ZnS |
Gallery:
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts | |||
---|---|---|---|
β | Sphalerite | 2.CB.05a | ZnS |
β | Pyrite | 2.EB.05a | FeS2 |
Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides | |||
β | Quartz | 4.DA.05 | SiO2 |
Group 5 - Nitrates and Carbonates | |||
β | Calcite | 5.AB.05 | CaCO3 |
β | Dolomite | 5.AB.10 | CaMg(CO3)2 |
Group 9 - Silicates | |||
β | Sanidine | 9.FA.30 | K(AlSi3O8) |
Unclassified | |||
β | 'K Feldspar' | - |
List of minerals for each chemical element
C | Carbon | |
---|---|---|
C | β Calcite | CaCO3 |
C | β Dolomite | CaMg(CO3)2 |
O | Oxygen | |
O | β Calcite | CaCO3 |
O | β Dolomite | CaMg(CO3)2 |
O | β Quartz | SiO2 |
O | β Sanidine | K(AlSi3O8) |
Mg | Magnesium | |
Mg | β Dolomite | CaMg(CO3)2 |
Al | Aluminium | |
Al | β Sanidine | K(AlSi3O8) |
Si | Silicon | |
Si | β Quartz | SiO2 |
Si | β Sanidine | K(AlSi3O8) |
S | Sulfur | |
S | β Pyrite | FeS2 |
S | β Sphalerite | ZnS |
K | Potassium | |
K | β Sanidine | K(AlSi3O8) |
Ca | Calcium | |
Ca | β Calcite | CaCO3 |
Ca | β Dolomite | CaMg(CO3)2 |
Fe | Iron | |
Fe | β Pyrite | FeS2 |
Zn | Zinc | |
Zn | β Sphalerite | ZnS |
Other Databases
Link to USGS MRDS: | 10086270 |
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