Oldenburg Mine (Oldenberg), Galena Mining District, Jo Daviess County, Illinois, USAi
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Oldenburg Mine (Oldenberg) | Mine |
Galena Mining District | Mining District |
Jo Daviess County | County |
Illinois | State |
USA | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
42° 27' 11'' North , 90° 26' 36'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
Type:
Köppen climate type:
Nearest Settlements:
Place | Population | Distance |
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Galena | 3,299 (2017) | 4.2km |
Menominee | 249 (2017) | 8.3km |
Hazel Green | 1,247 (2017) | 8.9km |
The Galena Territory | 1,058 (2017) | 11.7km |
Saint Donatus | 135 (2017) | 12.9km |
Mindat Locality ID:
168484
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:168484:4
GUID (UUID V4):
123117f8-3efd-4209-aa2a-8cf3009c72c9
REF: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:: GRANT, 1903, P. 73.
Deposit:: WILLMAN, H.B., REYNOLDS, R R & HERBERT, JR, PAUL, 1946, ILL
Deposit:: SURVEY R.I. 116, PP. 39-40.
Commodities (Major) - Zinc; (Trace) - Lead
Development Status: Unknown
Deposit Model: 224: Mississippi Valley, S.E. Missouri Pb-Zn
Host Rock Unit: Stewartville Member, Galena 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.
Host Rock: Dolomite
Tectonic Structure: Stable Sedimentary Platform Having Later Mild Regional Deformation Sufficient To Produce Major A
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Standard Detailed Gallery Strunz Chemical ElementsCommodity List
This is a list of exploitable or exploited mineral commodities recorded at this locality.Mineral List
7 valid minerals.
Detailed Mineral List:
ⓘ Calcite Formula: CaCO3 |
ⓘ Dolomite Formula: CaMg(CO3)2 |
ⓘ Galena Formula: PbS |
ⓘ Marcasite Formula: FeS2 |
ⓘ Pyrite Formula: FeS2 |
ⓘ Quartz Formula: SiO2 |
ⓘ Sphalerite Formula: ZnS |
Gallery:
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts | |||
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ⓘ | Sphalerite | 2.CB.05a | ZnS |
ⓘ | Galena | 2.CD.10 | PbS |
ⓘ | Pyrite | 2.EB.05a | FeS2 |
ⓘ | Marcasite | 2.EB.10a | FeS2 |
Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides | |||
ⓘ | Quartz | 4.DA.05 | SiO2 |
Group 5 - Nitrates and Carbonates | |||
ⓘ | Calcite | 5.AB.05 | CaCO3 |
ⓘ | Dolomite | 5.AB.10 | CaMg(CO3)2 |
List of minerals for each chemical element
C | Carbon | |
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C | ⓘ Calcite | CaCO3 |
C | ⓘ Dolomite | CaMg(CO3)2 |
O | Oxygen | |
O | ⓘ Calcite | CaCO3 |
O | ⓘ Dolomite | CaMg(CO3)2 |
O | ⓘ Quartz | SiO2 |
Mg | Magnesium | |
Mg | ⓘ Dolomite | CaMg(CO3)2 |
Si | Silicon | |
Si | ⓘ Quartz | SiO2 |
S | Sulfur | |
S | ⓘ Galena | PbS |
S | ⓘ Marcasite | FeS2 |
S | ⓘ Pyrite | FeS2 |
S | ⓘ Sphalerite | ZnS |
Ca | Calcium | |
Ca | ⓘ Calcite | CaCO3 |
Ca | ⓘ Dolomite | CaMg(CO3)2 |
Fe | Iron | |
Fe | ⓘ Marcasite | FeS2 |
Fe | ⓘ Pyrite | FeS2 |
Zn | Zinc | |
Zn | ⓘ Sphalerite | ZnS |
Pb | Lead | |
Pb | ⓘ Galena | PbS |
Other Databases
Link to USGS MRDS: | 10086313 |
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