Mine Index 10086355 Vinegar Hill Mining Company/Ginte Mining Company, Graham-Ginte Mine,Bartel and Sherrill

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	S-T-R	32(Center)-29N-1E
	County:	Jo Daviess
	Quadrangle:	Galena
	District:	Upper Mississippi Valley
	Subdistrict:

Mine Index Number: 10086355

ISGS ID:		MSHA ID:
MAS ID:	W800263	MRDS ID:
Company Name:	Vinegar Hill Mining Company, Ginte Mining Company
Mine/Site Name:	Graham-Ginte Mine, Bartel and Sherrill
Active/Abandoned:	Abandoned
Start Date:	1916	End Date:	1946
Commodity Type:	Metallic
Commodity:	Lead, Zinc
Minerals Present:	Dolomite, Calcite, Quartz, Sphalerite, Pyrite
Type of Mine:	Unknown
District:	Upper Mississippi Valley	Subdistrict:
County:	Jo Daviess
Section/Township/Range:	32(Center)-29N-1E
Latitude,Longitude:	42.46723,-90.42372
Unit(s) Mined:	Galena Group, Platteville Group
Feature(s) Mined:
MRDS Link:	https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/show-mrds.php?dep id=10086355
Mindat link:

Discussion

GRAHAM-GINTE MINE IS ONE OF THE IMPORTANT ZINC MNES IN ILLINOIS.

Mine Data

Ore body information

Thickness	30.48M
Width	91.44M
Length	762M

THE INITIAL MINING WAS AT THE NORTH PART OF THE MINE WHERE THE TOPS OF THE PITCHES CROPPED OUT.

References

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.

WILLMAN, H.B., REYNOLDS, R.R., AND HERBERT, PAUL, JR., 1946, GEOLOGICAL ASPECTS OF PROSPECTING AND AREAS FOR PROSPECTING IN THE ZINC-LEAD DISTRICT OF NORTHWESTERN ILLINOIS: ILLINOIS GEOLOGICAL SURVEY REPORT OF INVESTIGATIONS, NO. 116, 48 P.

HEYL AND OTHERS, 1959, P. 186.

External Links

Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) USGS Link
https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/show-mrds.php?dep_id=10086355