New Mulcahy Mine, Shullsburg area, Upper Mississippi Valley Mining District, Lafayette County, Wisconsin, USAi
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New Mulcahy Mine | Mine |
Shullsburg area | Mining Area |
Upper Mississippi Valley Mining District | Mining District |
Lafayette County | County |
Wisconsin | State |
USA | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
42° 34' 26'' North , 90° 15' 29'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
Type:
Köppen climate type:
Nearest Settlements:
Place | Population | Distance |
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Shullsburg | 1,210 (2017) | 2.2km |
Benton | 964 (2017) | 10.0km |
Scales Mound | 378 (2017) | 10.9km |
Cuba City | 2,055 (2017) | 14.5km |
Apple River | 356 (2017) | 15.1km |
Mindat Locality ID:
170342
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:170342:2
GUID (UUID V4):
845799fc-7709-4494-a840-03f26fa7b649
This small zinc-lead mine worked briefly between 1943 and 1944.Ore was mostly in pitch and flat structures in the Ordovician carbonate rocks of the Decorah and Galena Formations.
Select Mineral List Type
Standard Detailed Gallery Strunz Chemical ElementsDetailed Mineral List:
ⓘ Calcite Formula: CaCO3 |
ⓘ Dolomite Formula: CaMg(CO3)2 |
ⓘ Galena Formula: PbS |
ⓘ 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 |
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 | ⓘ 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 |
Pb | Lead | |
Pb | ⓘ Galena | PbS |
Other Databases
Link to USGS MRDS: | 10111334 |
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