Barreltown adits, Mineral Point area, Upper Mississippi Valley Mining District, Iowa County, Wisconsin, USAi
Regional Level Types | |
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Barreltown adits | - not defined - |
Mineral Point area | Mining Area |
Upper Mississippi Valley Mining District | Mining District |
Iowa County | County |
Wisconsin | State |
USA | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
42° 54' 47'' North , 90° 10' 5'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
KΓΆppen climate type:
Nearest Settlements:
Place | Population | Distance |
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Mineral Point | 2,494 (2017) | 6.0km |
Dodgeville | 4,652 (2017) | 6.1km |
Linden | 538 (2017) | 8.6km |
Edmund | 173 (2017) | 9.9km |
Cobb | 463 (2017) | 14.5km |
Mindat Locality ID:
169151
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:169151:4
GUID (UUID V4):
e4595e7d-9eb1-45c8-b6ec-0c19305e79fa
This small zinc-lead operation was accessed by two adits, and worked between 1951 and 1957. Ore was mostly in replacement deposits and gash veins in the Ordovician carbonate rocks of the Decorah Formation.
Select Mineral List Type
Standard Detailed Gallery Strunz Chemical ElementsDetailed Mineral List:
β Calcite Formula: CaCO3 |
β Chalcopyrite Formula: CuFeS2 |
β Dolomite Formula: CaMg(CO3)2 |
β Galena Formula: PbS |
β Marcasite Formula: FeS2 |
β Pyrite Formula: FeS2 |
β Sphalerite Formula: ZnS |
Gallery:
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts | |||
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β | Sphalerite | 2.CB.05a | ZnS |
β | Chalcopyrite | 2.CB.10a | CuFeS2 |
β | Galena | 2.CD.10 | PbS |
β | Pyrite | 2.EB.05a | FeS2 |
β | Marcasite | 2.EB.10a | FeS2 |
Group 5 - Nitrates and Carbonates | |||
β | Calcite | 5.AB.05 | CaCO3 |
β | Dolomite | 5.AB.10 | CaMg(CO3)2 |
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 Calcite | CaCO3 |
O | β Dolomite | CaMg(CO3)2 |
Mg | Magnesium | |
Mg | β Dolomite | CaMg(CO3)2 |
S | Sulfur | |
S | β Chalcopyrite | CuFeS2 |
S | β Galena | PbS |
S | β Marcasite | FeS2 |
S | β Pyrite | FeS2 |
S | β Sphalerite | ZnS |
Ca | Calcium | |
Ca | β Calcite | CaCO3 |
Ca | β Dolomite | CaMg(CO3)2 |
Fe | Iron | |
Fe | β Chalcopyrite | CuFeS2 |
Fe | β Marcasite | FeS2 |
Fe | β Pyrite | FeS2 |
Cu | Copper | |
Cu | β Chalcopyrite | CuFeS2 |
Zn | Zinc | |
Zn | β Sphalerite | ZnS |
Pb | Lead | |
Pb | β Galena | PbS |
Other Databases
Link to USGS MRDS: | 10302468 |
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