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Camp Five Deposit

Occurrence in Marinette county in Wisconsin, United States with commodity Molybdenum
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10008503
MRDS ID D000709
Record type Site
Current site name Camp Five Deposit
Alternate or previous names Middle Inlet

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -88.05003, 45.33333 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Marinette(county)

Wisconsin(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mount Tom(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Wabeno(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Iron Mountain(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Peshtigo(hydrologic unit)

Northwestern Lake Michigan(hydrologic accounting unit)

Northwestern Lake Michigan(hydrologic subregion)

Great Lakes(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Wisconsin Marinette

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
4th Principal 031N 020E 18 Wisconsin

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Molybdenum Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Molybdenite Ore
Pyrite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Sericite, Epidote, Chlorite, Quartz And Rarely Secondary Albite

Analytical data

Result RE DETECTED (RE = 21 PPM, SAMPLE CF 102)

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -88.05003, 45.33333
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Mineralization Occurs Within Northern Margin Of Informally Named Mount Tom Granite Body Which Is Surrounded By Metavolcanic Rocks Mount Tom Granite May Be Related To Athelstane Granite 7 Km To North
Type of structure Local
Structure description Irregular Quartz Vein Cutting Granite

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Vein - Mo Concentrated Near Center Of Veins Along Fractures

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1937

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Wisconsin Molybdenite Corp.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • AB0UT 2800 KG OF 47.82% MOLYBDENUM CONCENTRATE WERE REMOVED FROM DEPOSIT

Comments on development

  • EXPLORATION INCREASED DURING 1939-1940; PROSPECTING OPERATIONS ABANDONED IN THE 1940'S; SPORADIC INTEREST UNTIL 1970'S (EXXON COMPLETED EXPLORATORY DRILLING IN 1973)

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    FISHER, D.J., 1957, REPORT ON MOLYBDENITE IN NORTHEASTERN WISCONSIN: USGS OPEN FILE REPORT NO. 417, 13 PP.

  • Deposit

    GREENBURG, J.K., 1983, MOLYBDENITE IN WISCONSIN:OCCURRENCE AND POTENTIAL: WISCONSIN GEOLOGICAL AND NATURAL HISTORY SURVEY, MISC. PAPER 83-2, 36 PP.

  • Reserve-Resource

    GREENBURG, 1982

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 10 SMALL PITS

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1974 King, Robert U. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 25-JUL-1995 Nicholson, S.W. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAR-1997 Sutphin, David M. U.S. Geological Survey
Editor 01-MAY-1997 Mason Jr., G.T. U.S. Geological Survey

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