CANADIAN AND WORLD MINERAL DEPOSIT DATABASES
Geological Survey of Canada


Deposit number Country Location Names Commodities
16 United States (Wisconsin) / United 42.27.00 N -- 090.25.12 W Upper Mississippi Valley District Zn; Pb; Cu; pyrite; barite
 
Database name: World Mississippi Valley-type deposits
Custodial agency: Geological Survey of Canada
Compilers: D. F. Sangster
Release date: 2015-02-06
   
Deposit name(s): Upper Mississippi Valley District
Political location(s): United States; Province or state: Wisconsin
United States; Province or state: Iowa
United States; Province or state: Illinois
Deposit clan (type): Mississippi Valley-type
Deposit status: past producer
Deposit object located: centroid of district
Commodities: Zn; Pb; Cu; pyrite; barite
Mineralization styles: veins
Geological ages: Middle Ordovician (host rocks)
Tectonic setting: continental basin-intracratonic (host rocks)
Host rocks: (1) sedimentary; carbonate; Depositional setting: Shallow marine
Individual lithologies:dolostone
Host rock stratigraphy:Galena dolomite member
Alteration signatures: silicification: silicification; What was altered: dolostone
dolomitization: dolomitization; What was altered: dolostone
Mineralogy: quartz, dolomite, pyrite, marcasite, barite, sphalerite, cobaltite, galena, chalcopyrite, millerite
(veins): calcite
Radiometric ages: Object dated: mineralogy(6); Age - Ma: 269; +4; -4; Dating method: Rb-Sr; Concentrate: sphalerite; Source rock: Massive sulphide; Event dated: mineralization; Interpretive comment: West Hayden orebody ; Reference: Brannon, J. C.; Cole, S. C.; Podosek, F. A.; Misra, K., 1995: Radiometric Dating of Ancient Calcite: Th-Pb and U-Pb Isochrons for Ore-Stage and Late-Stage Calcite from the Central Tennessee Zinc District, an Appalachian-Ouachita Age MVT Deposit; in Abstracts With Programs, Geological Society of America, Edited by Anonymous, Annual Meeting, Geological Society of America, 27, p. A-118

Object dated: mineralogy(6); Age - Ma: 269; +9; -9; Dating method: Rb-Sr; Concentrate: sphalerite; Source rock: Massive sulphide; Event dated: mineralization; Interpretive comment: West Hayden orebody; Reference: Brannon, J. C.; Cole, S. C.; Podosek, F. A.; Misra, K., 1995: Radiometric Dating of Ancient Calcite: Th-Pb and U-Pb Isochrons for Ore-Stage and Late-Stage Calcite from the Central Tennessee Zinc District, an Appalachian-Ouachita Age MVT Deposit; in Abstracts With Programs, Geological Society of America, Edited by Anonymous, Annual Meeting, Geological Society of America, 27, p. A-118

Object dated: mineralogy(6); Age - Ma: 277; +20; -20; Dating method: Rb-Sr; Concentrate: sphalerite; Source rock: Massive sulphide; Event dated: mineralization; Interpretive comment: McNulty orebody; Reference: Brannon, J. C.; Cole, S. C.; Podosek, F. A.; Misra, K., 1995: Radiometric Dating of Ancient Calcite: Th-Pb and U-Pb Isochrons for Ore-Stage and Late-Stage Calcite from the Central Tennessee Zinc District, an Appalachian-Ouachita Age MVT Deposit; in Abstracts With Programs, Geological Society of America, Edited by Anonymous, Annual Meeting, Geological Society of America, 27, p. A-118

Object dated: mineralogy(11); Age - Ma: 156; Dating method: U-Pb; Concentrate: calcite; Source rock: ore; Event dated: post-ore mineralization; Interpretive comment: Dated post-ore calcite; Reference: Brannon, J. C.; Podosek, F. A.; McLimans, R. K., 1993: Age and Isotopic Composition of Gangue Versus Ore Minerals in the Upper Mississippi Valley Zn-Pb District; in Geology and Geochemistry of Mississippi Valley-Type Ore Deposits, Edited by Shelton, K.; Hagni, R., Proceedings Volume, University of Missouri, Rolla Press, p. 95 - 103
References:
Heyl, Jr., A. V.; Agnew, A. F.; Lyons, E. J.; Behre, Jr., C. H., 1959
The Geology of the Upper Mississippi Valley Zinc-Lead District
Professional Paper, United States Geological Survey, Publication code 309, 310 p.

Production data: Report period: from 1800 until 1954; Provisional entry?: no; Yearly or summary?: S
Weight-commodity information:Pb: 832,365 short ton
Reference: Heyl, Jr., A. V.; Agnew, A. F.; Lyons, E. J.; Behre, Jr., C. H., 1959: The Geology of the Upper Mississippi Valley Zinc-Lead District; Professional Paper, United States Geological Survey, Publication code 309, 310 p.
Percent weights allocated to deposit: 100.0%



Report period: from 1859 until 1952; 44,331,543 short ton ore; Provisional entry?: no; Yearly or summary?: S
Weight-commodity information:Zn: 1,209,965 short ton
Reference: Heyl, Jr., A. V.; Agnew, A. F.; Lyons, E. J.; Behre, Jr., C. H., 1959: The Geology of the Upper Mississippi Valley Zinc-Lead District; Professional Paper, United States Geological Survey, Publication code 309, 310 p.
Percent weights allocated to deposit: 100.0%

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