| Abstract: | The U. S. Geological Survey in cooperation with the Wisconsin Geological and Natural History Survey explored the Prairie du Chien group in the main productive area of the Wisconsin zinc-lead district during 1949-50. Eight properties--Crow Branch diggings, Leix, Harris, Spitzbarth, Kennedy, James, Raisbeck and Vinegar Hill Roaster--were explored using both diamond and churn drills. Twenty holes were drilled that totaled 8,582 feet in depth. The objectives of the exploration were to determine if the Prairie du Chien and other formations below the principal ore-bearing strata (Galena, Decorah, and Platteville formations) of the district are favorable for ore deposits, and to determine the type of ore deposits, if present. Lean deposits of sphalerite, marcasite, and pyrite were found in the Prairie du Chien on five properties--Crow Branch, Leix, Harris, Spitzbarth, and Vinegar Hill 1%ouster-and also in the Franconia sandstone on the Leix property. In the drilled area the sulfides in the Prairie du Chien group occur in certain more brittle or soluble dolomite beds that contain cavities formed by brecciation or solution. |
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| ProdID: | 3814 |
| Citation Author: | Heyl, Allen Van; Lyons, Erwin J.; Agnew, Allen F. |
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| Citation Phsyical Description: | i, 35 p. :illus., maps. ;27 cm. |
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| Citation Publisher: | [U.S. Geological Survey], |
| Citation Series: | Circular |
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| Citation Series Number: | 131 |
| Citation Search Results Text: | Exploratory drilling in the Prairie du Chien group of the Wisconsin zinc-lead districts by the U.S. Geological Survey in 1949-1950; 1951; CIR; 131; Heyl, Allen Van; Lyons, Erwin J.; Agnew, Allen F. |
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| Citation Year: | 1951 |
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| Text: | Exploratory drilling in the Prairie du Chien group of the Wisconsin zinc-lead districts by the U.S. Geological Survey in 1949-1950; 1951; CIR; 131; Heyl, Allen Van; Lyons, Erwin J.; Agnew, Allen F. |
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| URL (DOCUMENT): | http://pubs.usgs.gov/circ/1951/0131/report.pdf |
| Date Other: | Sat, 1 Jan 1994 00:00 -0600 |
| Publisher: | [U.S. Geological Survey], |
