Mine Index 10217879 Waters Mine

Mine Index Number: 10217879

ISGS ID:	9196	MSHA ID:
MAS ID:	170850075	MRDS ID:	W800266
Company Name:
Mine/Site Name:	Waters Mine
Active/Abandoned:	Abandoned
Start Date:	Unknown	End Date:	Unknown
Commodity Type:	Metallic
Commodity:	Lead, Zinc
Minerals Present:	Dolomite, Calcite, Quartz, Sphalerite, Smithsonite, Pyrite
Type of Mine:	Underground
District:	Upper Mississippi Valley	Subdistrict:
County:	Jo Daviess
Section/Township/Range:	13(SWNE)-28N-1W
Latitude,Longitude:	42.42029,-90.4365
Unit(s) Mined:	Galena Group, Platteville Group
Feature(s) Mined:
MRDS Link:	https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/show-mrds.php?dep id=10217879
Mindat link:

THE ORE BODY IS IN THE LOWER PART OF THE STEWARTVILLE MASSIVE MEMBER OF THE GALENA DOLOMITE, ALONG A ZINC-LEAD MINERALIZED EASTWARD-TRENDING JOINT.

WATERS WAS OPERATED AS A PB MINE FOR MANY YEARS, BUT ABOUT 1905 IT WAS WORKED FOR ZINC ORE, PRINCIPALLY CARBONATE.

WILLIAMS, H B, REYNOLDS, R R & HERBERT, JR, PAUL, 1946, ILL SURVEY R.I. 116, P. 41.

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.

BAIN, H.F., 1905, ZINC AND LEAD DEPOSITS OF NORTHWESTERN ILLINOIS: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 246, 56 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.