Moose Lake

Unknown in Iron county in Wisconsin, United States with commodity Iron
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. Mining district
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10082597
MRDS ID W060028
Record type Site
Current site name Moose Lake

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -90.23344, 46.21667 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Iron(county)

Wisconsin(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Lake of the Falls(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Ironwood(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Ashland(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Flambeau(hydrologic unit)

Chippewa(hydrologic accounting unit)

Chippewa(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Mississippi(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Wisconsin Iron

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
43N 2E 1,2,9,10 Wisconsin

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Magnetite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Chemical Sediment > Iron Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -90.23344, 46.21667

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Marenisco Range

Reference information

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit TWO DRILL HOLES PUT DOWN BY AMERICAN CAN COMPANY IN SECTION 9 FOUND FE CONTENT FOR 5-FOOT INTERVALS WAS 20-31% AND FOR 150-FOOT INTERVAL WAS 24.5%FE

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.