Mine Index 10144484 Vinegar Hill Mining Company/Virtue and O'Rourke, Vinegar Hill Mine

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	S-T-R	21(NESW)-29N-1E
	County:	Jo Daviess
	Quadrangle:	Galena
	District:	Upper Mississippi Valley
	Subdistrict:

Mine Index Number: 10144484

ISGS ID:	9208	MSHA ID:
MAS ID:	170850064	MRDS ID:	W800059
Company Name:	Vinegar Hill Mining Company, Virtue and O'Rourke
Mine/Site Name:	Vinegar Hill Mine
Active/Abandoned:	Abandoned
Start Date:	1908	End Date:	1914
Commodity Type:	Metallic
Commodity:	Lead, Zinc
Minerals Present:	Galena, Dolomite, Calcite, Quartz, Sphalerite, Pyrite
Type of Mine:	Underground
District:	Upper Mississippi Valley	Subdistrict:
County:	Jo Daviess
Section/Township/Range:	21(NESW)-29N-1E
Latitude,Longitude:	42.49721,-90.41451
Unit(s) Mined:	Galena Group, Platteville Group
Feature(s) Mined:
MRDS Link:	https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/show-mrds.php?dep id=10144484
Mindat link:

Discussion

VINEGAR HILL IS ONE OF THE OLDER, IMPORTANT, RICH ZINC MINES IN ILLINOIS.

THE ORE IS HIGH-GRADE SPHALERITE WITH SMALL QUNATITIES OF GALENA AND A VERY LITTLE IRON SULFIDE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Discovery year	1905
Discoverer	W.N. Smith And Mark Newman
Year of first production	1908
Year of last production	1914

Mine Data

Ore body information

General form

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THE ORE BODY HAD A TOTAL LENGTH OF 1,200 FT A WIDTH OF 150 TO 350 FT AND A THICKNESS OF AS MUCH AS 100 FT. THE PROSSER CHERTY MEMBER IS PART OF THE GALENA DOLOMITE, AND THE SPECHTS FERRY MEMBER IS PART OF THE DECORAH FM.

Workings at Site

Type of workings	Underground
Name of workings	SHAFT
Overall depth	60.96M
Overall length	304.8M
Overall width	76.2M

ABOUT 600 TO 700 GALLONS PER MINUTE WAS PUMPED AND USED IN THE JIG. SOME OF THE STOPES WERE 100 FT HIGH

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.

COX, G.H., 1914, LEAD AND ZINC DEPOSITS OF NORTHWESTERN ILLINOIS: ILLINOIS GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 21, 120 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.

External Links

Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) USGS Link
https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/show-mrds.php?dep_id=10144484
Also referenced as 10086203