Vinegar Hill Syncline

Part of the Upper Mississippi Valley Zinc-Lead District

Location

T29N, R1W and 1E, Jo Daviess County (A-3)

References

Willman and Reynolds 1947, Bradbury et al. 1956

Description

The Vinegar Hill Syncline is about 4 miles (6.5 km) long in Illinois and extends into Wisconsin. The irregular axis trends northeastward. Structural relief reaches about 40 feet (12 m) in places. Several deposits of zinc and lead have been mined along the syncline.