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Lynne Deposit

Past Producer in Oneida county in Wisconsin, United States with commodities Zinc, Lead, Copper, Silver, Gold
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Alteration
  8. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Ownership information
  16. Reserves and resources
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10082574
MRDS ID W060001
Record type Site
Current site name Lynne Deposit
Related records 10229274

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -89.9697, 45.6949 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Oneida(county)

Wisconsin(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Pier Lake(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Rhinelander(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Iron Mountain(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Wisconsin(hydrologic unit)

Wisconsin(hydrologic accounting unit)

Wisconsin(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Mississippi(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Wisconsin Oneida

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Zinc Critical Primary
Lead Primary
Copper Primary
Silver Secondary
Gold Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • WELL DEVELOPED HYPOGENE METAL ZONING BOTH VERTICALLY AND LATERALLY. LOWER PORTIONS OF MOUND HAVE CPY AND PO; SILVER-BEARING MINERALS OCCUR NEAR TOP; CENTER OF DEPOSIT IS MASSIVE SPHALERITE.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Freibergite Ore
Galena Ore
Pyrargyrite Ore
Pyrrhotite Ore
Silver Ore
Sphalerite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Greenschist

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 184
USGS model code 28a
Deposit model name Massive sulfide, kuroko
Mark3 model number 93

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metavolcanic Rock

Nearby scientific data

(1) -89.9697, 45.6949
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Regional Isoclinal Folding
Type of structure Local
Structure description Felsic Center

Ore body information

  • Name LYNNE
    Thickness 99.06M
    Length 365.76M
    Depth to top 22.86M
    Depth to bottom 198.12M

Comments on the geologic information

  • MASSIVE SULFIDE MOUND DEPOSITED ON FLANKS OF FELSIC CENTER; MINERALIZATION HOSTED BY FRAGMENTAL RHYOLITES INTERBEDDED WITH CALCAREOUS AND SILICEOUS, CHEMICAL, SEDIMENTARY TO VOLCANO-SED ROCKS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1990
Discoverer Noranda Exploration

Mining district

District name Somo

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Noranda Exploration, Inc.

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1992
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Zinc Zn 8.7 wt-pct Zinc Primary 1992
    Lead 1.65 wt-pct Lead Primary 1992
    Copper Cu 0.64 wt-pct Copper Major 1992

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: IN 1996, NORANDA EXPLORATION WAS IN THE SEVENTH YEAR OF A TEN-YEAR LEASE. HOLDING COSTS ARE $42000 A YEAR. NORANDA MUST FILE FOR MINING PERMITS BY THE END OF THE 10-YEAR PERIOD TO MAINTAIN THE LEASE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CRAWFORD, M.J., 1996, WISCONSIN EXPLORATION UPDATE: SKILLINGSMINING REVIEW, V. 85, NO. 21, P.4-5

  • Reserve-Resource

    DeMatties, T. A., 1996, A GEOLOGIC FRAMEWORK FOR EARLY PROTEROZOIC VOLCANOGENIC MASSIVE SULFIDE DEPOSITS IN WISCONSIN: AN EXPLORATION MODEL. In, Laberge, G., editor, Volcanogenic Massive Sulfide Deposits of Wisconsin: A Commemorative Volume, Insitiute on Lake Superior Geology Proceedings, v. 42, part 2, P. 31-65.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SULFIDE MOUND REPLACEMENT DEPOSIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-95 Nicholson, S.W. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAR-97 Sutphin, David M. U.S. Geological Survey
Editor 01-MAY-97 Mason Jr., G.T. U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 13-JUL-11 Lipin, Bruce U.S. Geological Survey

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