Porters barite mines, Meeker's Grove area mines, Upper Mississippi Valley Mining District, Lafayette County, Wisconsin, USAi
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Porters barite mines | Group of Mines |
Meeker's Grove area mines | Group of Mines |
Upper Mississippi Valley Mining District | Mining District |
Lafayette County | County |
Wisconsin | State |
USA | Country |
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Type:
Group of Mines
Mindat Locality ID:
263953
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:263953:9
GUID (UUID V4):
b372d9ab-29db-4d5a-92af-337ea0eb8ba9
This group of mines, located in sec 33 and 34 T.2N. R.1E. "about 2 miles south of Meekers Grove" were the only deposits in the Upper Mississippi Valley Zinc-lead District worked exclusively for baryte. The ore was in the Ordovician Galena and Decorah Formationn and was coarsely crystalline white baryte fracture fillings and replacement deposits intergrown with galena. The mines operated between 1919 and 1930.
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This is a list of exploitable or exploited mineral commodities recorded at this locality.Mineral List
4 valid minerals.
Detailed Mineral List:
β Baryte Formula: BaSO4 |
β Calcite Formula: CaCO3 |
β Dolomite Formula: CaMg(CO3)2 |
β Galena Formula: PbS |
Gallery:
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts | |||
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β | Galena | 2.CD.10 | PbS |
Group 5 - Nitrates and Carbonates | |||
β | Calcite | 5.AB.05 | CaCO3 |
β | Dolomite | 5.AB.10 | CaMg(CO3)2 |
Group 7 - Sulphates, Chromates, Molybdates and Tungstates | |||
β | Baryte | 7.AD.35 | BaSO4 |
List of minerals for each chemical element
C | Carbon | |
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C | β Calcite | CaCO3 |
C | β Dolomite | CaMg(CO3)2 |
O | Oxygen | |
O | β Baryte | BaSO4 |
O | β Calcite | CaCO3 |
O | β Dolomite | CaMg(CO3)2 |
Mg | Magnesium | |
Mg | β Dolomite | CaMg(CO3)2 |
S | Sulfur | |
S | β Baryte | BaSO4 |
S | β Galena | PbS |
Ca | Calcium | |
Ca | β Calcite | CaCO3 |
Ca | β Dolomite | CaMg(CO3)2 |
Ba | Barium | |
Ba | β Baryte | BaSO4 |
Pb | Lead | |
Pb | β Galena | PbS |
Other Regions, Features and Areas containing this locality
North America PlateTectonic Plate
- Great Plains DomainDomain
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