Publications - WGNHS

Assessing private well contamination in Grant, Iowa, and Lafayette counties: The southwest Wisconsin groundwater and geology study

The southwest Wisconsin groundwater and geology study (SWIGG) was a cooperative effort between Grant, Iowa, and Lafayette county governments, with scientists from the U.S. Geological Survey, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Marshfield Clinic Research Institute, and WGNHS. Researchers tested water quality in hundreds of private water wells across the three...
- WOFR2023-02
  
  Assessing private well contamination in Grant, Iowa, and Lafayette counties: The southwest Wisconsin groundwater and geology study
  
  Stokdyk, J.P.; Borchardt, M.A.; Firnstahl, A.D.; Bradbury, K.R.; Muldoon, M.A.; Kieke, B.A., Jr.;
  
  2023
  
  Report: 47 p. (report) + 24 p. (appendices)
Geologic map of the Castle Rock and Long Hollow 7.5-minute quadrangles, Grant County, Wisconsin

The geologic map of the Castle Rock and Long Hollow quadrangles includes 1:24,000 scale mapping of both surficial and bedrock geology. The accompanying report presents new observations about bedrock folds and fracture sets in this portion of the Driftless Area that lies just north of the main Upper Mississippi Valley zinc-lead mineral district. The...
- WOFR2022-01
  
  Geologic map of the Castle Rock and Long Hollow 7.5-minute quadrangles, Grant County, Wisconsin (revised 2022)
  
  Stewart, E.D.; Mauel, S.W.; Carson, E.C.; Graham, G.E.;
  
  2022
  
  Map: 48 in x 36 in, scale 1:24,000
- ZIP WOFR2022-01-dataset01
  
  GIS data for the geologic map of the Castle Rock and Long Hollow 7.5-minute quadrangles, Grant County, Wisconsin [dataset 1]
  
  Stewart, E.D.; Mauel, S.W.; Carson, E.C.; Graham, G.E.;
  
  2022
  
  GIS Data: File geodatabase
- WOFR2022-01-supp
  
  Supplemental report on the geologic map of the Castle Rock and Long Hollow 7.5-minute quadrangles, Grant County, Wisconsin
  
  Stewart, E.D.; Mauel, S.W.; Carson, E.C.; Graham, G.E.;
  
  2022
  
  Report: 9 p.
Late Cenozoic Evolution of the Lower Wisconsin River Valley: Evidence for the Reversal of the River

Field trip guidebook describes the evidence suggesting that the Wisconsin River once flowed from west to east. (Prepared for the 2015 Geological Society of America North-Central Section Meeting.)
- WOFR2015-02
  
  Late Cenozoic Evolution of the Lower Wisconsin River Valley: Evidence for the Reversal of the River
  
  Carson, E.C.; Rawling, J.E., III;
  
  2015
  
  Report: 21 p.
Zinc and Lead Reserves of Southwest Wisconsin: The Undrilled Lead Digs of Southwest Wisconsin

Open-file report; contains unpublished data that has not yet been peer-reviewed.
- WOFR1991-05
  
  Zinc and Lead Reserves of Southwest Wisconsin & The Undrilled Lead Digs of Southwest Wisconsin
  
  Broughton, W.A.;
  
  1991
  
  Report: 11 p.
Geology Field Trip Southwestern Dane County

Open-file report; contains unpublished data that has not yet been peer-reviewed.
- WOFR1971-06
  
  Geology Field Trip Southwestern Dane County
  
  Ostrom, M.E.;
  
  1971
  
  Report: 10 p. + 7 plates
Log of Field Trip for Western Dane County, Wisconsin

Open-file report; contains unpublished data that has not yet been peer-reviewed.
- WOFR1962-09
  
  Log of Field Trip for Western Dane County
  
  Wisconsin Geological and Natural History Survey;
  
  1962
  
  Report: 18 p.
Mineral Exploration and Development Atlas of the Upper Mississippi Valley District

Open-file report; contains unpublished data that has not yet been peer-reviewed.
- WOFR1952-02
  
  Mineral Exploration and Development Atlas of the Upper Mississippi Valley District
  
  Tweedy, G.A.; Heyl, A.V.;
  
  1952
  
  Report: 52 p.
Discussion of the Phenomena of Local Glaciation in the Driftless Region

Open-file report; contains unpublished data that has not yet been peer-reviewed.
- WOFR1916-02
  
  Discussion of the Phenomena of Local Glaciation in the Driftless Region
  
  Squier, G.H.;
  
  1916
  
  Report: 15 p.
Studies in the Driftless Region of Wisconsin

Open-file report; contains unpublished data that has not yet been peer-reviewed.
- WOFR1905-01
  
  Studies in the Driftless Region of Wisconsin
  
  Squier, G.H.;
  
  1905
  
  Report: 19 p.
Impact on Groundwater from Closure of an Underground Zinc-Lead Mine in Southwest Wisconsin
- MP85-1
  
  Impact on Groundwater from Closure of an Underground Zinc-Lead Mine in Southwest Wisconsin
  
  Cieslik, M.J.; Evans, T.J.;
  
  1985
  
  Report: 16 p.
Geology of the Upper Mississippi Valley Base-Metal District
- IC16-1978
  
  Geology of the Upper Mississippi Valley Base-Metal District (3rd edition)
  
  Heyl, A.V.; Broughton, W.A.; West, W.S.;
  
  1978
  
  Report: 45 p.
Quaternary History of the Driftless Area with Special Papers

Prepared for 29th Annual Meeting, Midwest Friends of the Pleistocene.
- FTGB05
  
  Quaternary History of the Driftless Area
  
  Knox, J.C.; Bartlein, P.J.; Webb, T., III; Clayton, Lee; Frolking, T.A.; Hole, F.D.; Attig, J.W.; Johnson, M.D.; Maher, L.J., Jr.; McDowell, P.T.; Mickelson, D.M.;
  
  1982
  
  Report: 169 p.
Upper Mississippi Valley Base-Metal District

Companion volume to Information Circular 16 (third edition). Prepared for 24th Annual Meeting, Institute on Lake Superior Geology.
- FTGB01
  
  Upper Mississippi Valley Base-Metal District
  
  Broughton, W.A.; Heyl, A.V.; Mudrey, M.G., Jr.; Ostrom, M.E.; Paull, R.K.; Paull, R.A.; West, W.S.;
  
  1978
  
  Report: 39 p.
The Geography of Southwestern Wisconsin
- B065
  
  The Geography of Southwestern Wisconsin
  
  Blanchard, W.O.;
  
  1924
  
  Report: 117 p.
A Study of Methods of Mine Valuation and Assessment, with Special Reference to the Zinc Mines of Southwestern Wisconsin
- B041
  
  A Study of Methods of Mine Valuation and Assessment, With Special Reference to the Zinc Mines of Southwestern Wisconsin
  
  Uglow, W.L.;
  
  1914
  
  Report: 73 p.
Report on Lead and Zinc Deposits of Wisconsin, with an Atlas of Detailed Geologic and Topographic Maps of Southwestern Wisconsin
- B014-1906
  
  Report on the Lead and Zinc Deposits of Wisconsin With an Atlas of Detailed Maps
  
  Grant, U.S.;
  
  1906
  
  Report: 100 p. + 6 maps (scale 4 I = 1 mile)
- B014-1906-plate01
  
  Highland Sheet of the Lead and Zinc District [topography] [plate 1]
  
  Grant, U.S.; Perdue, M.J.; Fulcher, G.S.; Cox, G.H.; Banister, J.R.; Cady, G.H.;
  
  1906
  
  Map: Scale 4 in = 1 mile
- B014-1906-plate02
  
  Highland Sheet of the Lead and Zinc District [geology] [plate 2]
  
  Grant, U.S.; Perdue, M.J.; Fulcher, G.S.; Cox, G.H.; Banister, J.R.; Cady, G.H.;
  
  1906
  
  Map: Scale 4 in = 1 mile
- B014-1906-plate03
  
  Dodgeville Sheet of the Lead and Zinc District [topography] [plate 3]
  
  Grant, U.S.; Perdue, M.J.; Fulcher, G.S.; Cady, G.H.;
  
  1906
  
  Map: Scale 4 in = 1 mile
- B014-1906-plate04
  
  Dodgeville Sheet of the Lead and Zinc District [geology] [plate 4]
  
  Grant, U.S.; Perdue, M.J.; Fulcher, G.S.; Cady, G.H.;
  
  1906
  
  Map: Scale 4 in = 1 mile
- B014-1906-plate05
  
  Mineral Point Sheet of the Lead and Zinc District [topography] [plate 5]
  
  Grant, U.S.; Perdue, M.J.; Ellis, E.E.; Fulcher, G.S.; Cox, G.H.; Banister, J.R.; Cady, G.H.;
  
  1906
  
  Map: Scale 4 in = 1 mile
- B014-1906-plate06
  
  Mineral Point Sheet of the Lead and Zinc District [geology] [plate 6]
  
  Grant, U.S.; Perdue, M.J.; Ellis, E.E.; Fulcher, G.S.; Cox, G.H.; Banister, J.R.; Cady, G.H.;
  
  1906
  
  Map: Scale 4 in = 1 mile
- B014-1906-plate07
  
  Mifflin Sheet of the Lead and Zinc District [topography] [plate 7]
  
  Grant, U.S.; Perdue, M.J.; Fulcher, G.S.; Cox, G.H.; Banister, J.R.; Cady, G.H.;
  
  1906
  
  Map: Scale 4 in = 1 mile
- B014-1906-plate08
  
  Mifflin Sheet of the Lead and Zinc District [geology] [plate 8]
  
  Grant, U.S.; Perdue, M.J.; Fulcher, G.S.; Cox, G.H.; Banister, J.R.; Cady, G.H.;
  
  1906
  
  Map: Scale 4 in = 1 mile
- B014-1906-plate09
  
  Platteville Sheet of the Lead and Zinc District [topography] [plate 9]
  
  Grant, U.S.; Burchard, E.F.; Hancock, F.T.; Ellis, E.E.; Perdue, M.J.;
  
  1906
  
  Map: Scale 4 in = 1 mile
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Preliminary Report on the Lead and Zinc Deposits of Southwestern Wisconsin
- B009
  
  Preliminary Report on the Lead and Zinc Deposits of Southwestern Wisconsin
  
  Grant, U.S.;
  
  1903
  
  Report: 103 p.
- B009-plate02
  
  Geological Map of Grant, Iowa and Lafayette Counties, Wisconsin [plate 2]
  
  1903

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