Capitola Mine (Phillips and Rice), Whig Patch diggings, Upper Mississippi Valley Mining District, Grant County, Wisconsin, USAi
Regional Level Types | |
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Capitola Mine (Phillips and Rice) | Mine |
Whig Patch diggings | Diggings |
Upper Mississippi Valley Mining District | Mining District |
Grant County | County |
Wisconsin | State |
USA | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
42° 43' 47'' North , 90° 32' 6'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
Type:
Köppen climate type:
Nearest Settlements:
Place | Population | Distance |
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Platteville | 12,572 (2017) | 4.6km |
Dickeyville | 1,039 (2017) | 12.3km |
Tennyson | 350 (2017) | 13.0km |
Potosi | 678 (2017) | 15.1km |
Cuba City | 2,055 (2017) | 16.3km |
Mindat Locality ID:
169338
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:169338:9
GUID (UUID V4):
bf152641-19b0-4cc9-8e40-cfeab7aed90b
Old zinc mine worked between 1900 and 1906. Ore was primarily disseminated sphalerite in the Ordovician Decorah formation carbonate rocks.
Select Mineral List Type
Standard Detailed Gallery Strunz Chemical ElementsDetailed Mineral List:
ⓘ Calcite Formula: CaCO3 |
ⓘ Dolomite Formula: CaMg(CO3)2 |
ⓘ 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 |
ⓘ | Pyrite | 2.EB.05a | 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 | ⓘ Pyrite | FeS2 |
S | ⓘ Sphalerite | ZnS |
Ca | Calcium | |
Ca | ⓘ Calcite | CaCO3 |
Ca | ⓘ Dolomite | CaMg(CO3)2 |
Fe | Iron | |
Fe | ⓘ Pyrite | FeS2 |
Zn | Zinc | |
Zn | ⓘ Sphalerite | ZnS |
Other Databases
Link to USGS MRDS: | 10086323 |
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