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New Diggings area mines, Lafayette County, Wisconsin, USAi
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New Diggings area minesGroup of Mines
Lafayette CountyCounty
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Map of lead mine locations around New Diggings, Wisconsin

New Diggings area mines, Lafayette County, Wisconsin, USA
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Ground plan and cross section of the Empress Mine, Benton, Wis., in 1906.

Empress Mine, New Diggings area mines, Lafayette County, Wisconsin, USA
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Map of lead mine locations around New Diggings, Wisconsin

New Diggings area mines, Lafayette County, Wisconsin, USA
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Ground plan and cross section of the Empress Mine, Benton, Wis., in 1906.

Empress Mine, New Diggings area mines, Lafayette County, Wisconsin, USA
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Map of lead mine locations around New Diggings, Wisconsin

New Diggings area mines, Lafayette County, Wisconsin, USA
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Ground plan and cross section of the Empress Mine, Benton, Wis., in 1906.

Empress Mine, New Diggings area mines, Lafayette County, Wisconsin, USA
Type:
Group of Mines
Mindat Locality ID:
51789
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:51789:5
GUID (UUID V4):
0
Other Languages:
French:
New Diggings, comté de Lafayette, Wisconsin, États-Unis
Spanish:
New Diggings, Condado de Lafayette, Wisconsin, Estados Unidos
Arabic:
نيو ديغينغز, مقاطعة لافاييت, ويسكونسن, الولايات المتحدة
Basque:
New Diggings , Lafayette konderria , Wisconsin
Chechen:
Нью-Диггингс , Висконсин, Америкин Цхьаьнатоьхна Штаташ
Dutch:
New Diggings, Lafayette County, Wisconsin, Verenigde Staten
Egyptian Arabic:
نيو ديجينجز, ويسكونسين, امريكا
Haitian:
New Diggings, Wiskonnsenn, Etazini
Hungarian:
New Diggings, Lafayette megye, Wisconsin, Amerikai Egyesült Államok
Polish:
New Diggings, Hrabstwo Lafayette, Wisconsin, Stany Zjednoczone
Tatar:
Нью-Диггингс , Висконсин, Америка Кушма Штатлары
Ukrainian:
Нью-Діггінгс, Лафаєтт, Вісконсин, Сполучені Штати Америки
Vietnamese:
New Diggings, Quận Lafayette, Wisconsin, Chủng Quốc Hoa Kỳ


New Diggings was settled in 1824 by prospectors looking for lead ore. It "boomed" in the 1840's and again in the early 1900's. Numerous old mines in the Sec 23, 24, 25, 26 T1N R1E were worked for lead and zinc in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Most of the mine sites are difficult to find now, although some scattered rock piles still exist (2015).

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16 valid minerals.

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Detailed Mineral List:

Baryte
Formula: BaSO4
Calcite
Formula: CaCO3
Localities: Reported from at least 33 localities in this region.
Cerussite
Formula: PbCO3
Chalcopyrite
Formula: CuFeS2
Cobaltite
Formula: CoAsS
Dolomite
Formula: CaMg(CO3)2
Localities: Reported from at least 32 localities in this region.
Galena
Formula: PbS
Localities: Reported from at least 18 localities in this region.
Goethite
Formula: Fe3+O(OH)
'K Feldspar'
Marcasite
Formula: FeS2
Localities: Reported from at least 18 localities in this region.
Millerite
Formula: NiS
Pyrite
Formula: FeS2
Localities: Reported from at least 31 localities in this region.
Quartz
Formula: SiO2
Localities: Reported from at least 29 localities in this region.
Sanidine
Formula: K(AlSi3O8)
Smithsonite
Formula: ZnCO3
Localities: Reported from at least 6 localities in this region.
Sphalerite
Formula: ZnS
Localities: Reported from at least 33 localities in this region.
Wurtzite
Formula: (Zn,Fe)S

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List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification

Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts
Sphalerite2.CB.05aZnS
Chalcopyrite2.CB.10aCuFeS2
Wurtzite2.CB.45(Zn,Fe)S
Millerite2.CC.20NiS
Galena2.CD.10PbS
Pyrite2.EB.05aFeS2
Marcasite2.EB.10aFeS2
Cobaltite2.EB.25CoAsS
Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides
Goethite4.00.Fe3+O(OH)
Quartz4.DA.05SiO2
Group 5 - Nitrates and Carbonates
Calcite5.AB.05CaCO3
Smithsonite5.AB.05ZnCO3
Dolomite5.AB.10CaMg(CO3)2
Cerussite5.AB.15PbCO3
Group 7 - Sulphates, Chromates, Molybdates and Tungstates
Baryte7.AD.35BaSO4
Group 9 - Silicates
Sanidine9.FA.30K(AlSi3O8)
Unclassified
'K Feldspar'-

List of minerals for each chemical element

HHydrogen
H GoethiteFe3+O(OH)
CCarbon
C CalciteCaCO3
C CerussitePbCO3
C DolomiteCaMg(CO3)2
C SmithsoniteZnCO3
OOxygen
O BaryteBaSO4
O CalciteCaCO3
O CerussitePbCO3
O DolomiteCaMg(CO3)2
O GoethiteFe3+O(OH)
O QuartzSiO2
O SanidineK(AlSi3O8)
O SmithsoniteZnCO3
MgMagnesium
Mg DolomiteCaMg(CO3)2
AlAluminium
Al SanidineK(AlSi3O8)
SiSilicon
Si QuartzSiO2
Si SanidineK(AlSi3O8)
SSulfur
S BaryteBaSO4
S ChalcopyriteCuFeS2
S CobaltiteCoAsS
S GalenaPbS
S MarcasiteFeS2
S MilleriteNiS
S PyriteFeS2
S SphaleriteZnS
S Wurtzite(Zn,Fe)S
KPotassium
K SanidineK(AlSi3O8)
CaCalcium
Ca CalciteCaCO3
Ca DolomiteCaMg(CO3)2
FeIron
Fe ChalcopyriteCuFeS2
Fe GoethiteFe3+O(OH)
Fe MarcasiteFeS2
Fe PyriteFeS2
Fe Wurtzite(Zn,Fe)S
CoCobalt
Co CobaltiteCoAsS
NiNickel
Ni MilleriteNiS
CuCopper
Cu ChalcopyriteCuFeS2
ZnZinc
Zn SmithsoniteZnCO3
Zn SphaleriteZnS
Zn Wurtzite(Zn,Fe)S
AsArsenic
As CobaltiteCoAsS
BaBarium
Ba BaryteBaSO4
PbLead
Pb CerussitePbCO3
Pb GalenaPbS

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Wikipedia:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Diggings,_Wisconsin
Wikidata ID:Q1885786
GeoNames ID:5264402

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