Mudge

Unknown in Washburn county in Wisconsin, United States with commodity Copper
Sections on this page
  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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10082587
MRDS ID W060015
Record type Site
Current site name Mudge

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -91.61683, 46.14999 (WGS84)
Relative position ADJACENT TO COLTON FLOWAGE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Washburn(county)

Wisconsin(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Chittamo NE(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Solon Springs(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Ashland(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Namekagon(hydrologic unit)

St. Croix(hydrologic accounting unit)

St. Croix(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Mississippi(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Wisconsin Washburn

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
42N 10W 5 CENTER OF NE4 Wisconsin

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Copper Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Mafic Volcanic Rock > Basalt

Nearby scientific data

(1) -91.61683, 46.14999

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • COPPER ASSOCIATED WITH EPIDOTIZED MASSES IN BASALT; SECONDARY OXIDATION OF COPPER ( MALACHITE)

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GROUT, 1901, PRELIMINARY REPORT ON THE COPPER-BEARING ROCKS OF DOUGLAS COUNTY, WISCONSIN: WISCONSIN GEOLOGICAL SURVEY AND NATURAL HISTORY SURVEY BULLETIN NO. 6, ECONOMIC SERIES 3, 83 P. INCLUDING MAPS

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DESCRIPTION FROM GROUT, 1901, PRELIMINARY REPORT ON THE COPPER-BEARING ROCKS OF DOUGLAS COUNTY, WISCONSIN, WISC. GEOLOGICAL AND NATURAL HISTORY SURVEY, BULLETIN NO. 6, ECON. SERIES 3, 83 PP. WITH MAPS

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-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

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.