Mine Index 10193644 Bautsch Mine

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	S-T-R	10(SE)-27N-1E
	County:	Jo Daviess
	Quadrangle:	Bellevue
	District:	Upper Mississippi Valley
	Subdistrict:

Mine Index Number: 10193644

ISGS ID:	9153	MSHA ID:
MAS ID:	170850049	MRDS ID:	W800294
Company Name:
Mine/Site Name:	Bautsch Mine
Active/Abandoned:	Abandoned
Start Date:	1946	End Date:	after1957
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:	10(SE)-27N-1E
Latitude,Longitude:	42.34501,-90.3837099999998
Unit(s) Mined:	Maquoketa Shale Group
Feature(s) Mined:
MRDS Link:	https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/show-mrds.php?dep id=10193644
Mindat link:

Discussion

FOUND AFTER A 1944 STUDY OF GEOLOGIC STRUCTURES BY THE U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY AND A DRILLING PROGRAM BY THE U.S. BUREAU OF MINES THE USGS, AND THE ILLINOIS STATE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY. ; ECON.COM: THE DRILLING PROGRAM IDENTIFIED AN ORE BODY OF MORE THAN 2,000,000 TONS OF ORE RICH IN BOTH LEAD AND ZINC.

Mine Data/Information

Mine Data

Working at the site

Type of workings	Underground
Name of workings	MIDDLE SHAFT
Overall depth	88.7M
Overall length	975.36M
Overall width	121.92M
Type of workings	Underground
Name of workings	NORTH SHAFT
Overall depth	85.95M

THE OREBODY WAS 40 TO 130 FT THICK--ONE OF THE LARGEST ORE BODIES IN THE MINING DISTRICT. LATER PROSPECTING BY TRI-STATE ZINC, INC., HAS GREATLY ENLARGED THE RESERVES, SO IT IS PROBABLY THE LARGEST ORE BODY IN THE DISTRICT. IN 1949, 1,500 GALLONS OF WATER PER MINUTE WAS PUMPED FROM THE MINE.

References

HOLTS, STEPHEN P., DEC, 1948, BUMINES R.I. 4386, FIG 1.

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.

External Links

Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) USGS Link
https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/show-mrds.php?dep_id=10193644 https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/show-mrds.php?dep id=10193644
Also referenced as 10086376