Mineralization in Cambrian rocks in which primary iron sulfides were weathered to goethite. Significant tonnage was removed by the 1880's. The pyrite apparently filled a "north-trending vertical fault". Location given is approximate as apparently few, if any, surface traces remain.

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ⓘ Iron

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ⓘ Goethite

ⓘ Pyrite

2 valid minerals.

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ⓘ Goethite

Formula: Fe³⁺O(OH)

References:

Heyl, Allen V., West, Walter S. (1982) Outlying mineral occurrences related to the Upper Mississippi Valley mineral district, Wisconsin, Iowa, Illinois, and Minnesota. Economic Geology, 77 (8) 1803-1817 doi:10.2113/gsecongeo.77.8.1803

ⓘ Pyrite

Formula: FeS₂

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List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification

Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts
ⓘ	Pyrite	2.EB.05a	FeS₂
Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides
ⓘ	Goethite	4.00.	Fe³⁺O(OH)

List of minerals for each chemical element

H	Hydrogen
H	ⓘ Goethite	Fe³⁺O(OH)
O	Oxygen
O	ⓘ Goethite	Fe³⁺O(OH)
S	Sulfur
S	ⓘ Pyrite	FeS₂
Fe	Iron
Fe	ⓘ Goethite	Fe³⁺O(OH)
Fe	ⓘ Pyrite	FeS₂

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