Butternut Exploration

Unknown in Ashland county in Wisconsin, United States with commodity Iron

Sections on this page

Identification information
Geographic coordinates
Site location context
Geographic areas
Public Land Survey System information
Commodities
Materials information
Nearby scientific data
Geologic structures
Economic information about the deposit and operations
Mining district
Ownership information
Links to other databases
Bibliographic references
Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID	10082600
MRDS ID	W060031
Record type	Site
Current site name	Butternut Exploration

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates:	-90.51679, 46.01667 (WGS84)
Relative position	JUST WEST OF BUTTERNUT, WI.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Ashland(county)

Wisconsin(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Peeksville(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	Ashland

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian	Township	Range	Section	Fraction	State
	41N	1W	20,21,28,29	SW4 OF NW4 (29); SE4 OF SW4 (21)	Wisconsin

Comments on the location information

THE DEPOSIT IS KNOWN BY ITS ABOUT 7,000 FT LONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY THAT HAS BEEN EXPLORED BY MAGNETIC AND GRAVITY SURVEYS AND DRILLING.

Commodities

Commodity	Importance
Iron	Primary

Materials information

Materials	Type of material
Magnetite	Ore
Chert	Gangue
Chlorite	Gangue
Mica	Gangue

Nearby scientific data

(1)	-90.51679, 46.01667	ListMap

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure	Local
Structure description	Steeply Dipping Beds

Comments on the geologic information

THE ORE BODY IS A STEEPLY NORTH DIPPING BAND PF CHERTY IRON FORMATION UP TO 230 FT THICK THAT IS OVERLAIN AND UNDERLAIN BY CHLORITE AND MICA SCHISTS. GRANITE AND PEGMATITE DIKES INTRUDE THE SCHISTS AND THE IRON FORMATION.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Commodity type	Metallic
Deposit size	Small
Significant	No

Mining district

District name	Turtle Lake

Ownership information

Type Owner-Operator

Owner Jones And Laughlin Steel Corp.

Type	Owner-Operator
Owner	Jones And Laughlin Steel Corp.

Comments on the reserve resource information

THE 5 MILLION TONS OF ORE WOULD BE IN ADDITION TO THE 48 MILLION TONS IF MIINING CONDITIONS PERMIT.

Comments on development

21 DRILL HOLES THROUGH IRON-FORMATION; 12 DRILL HOLES PUT IN SOUTH OF IRON-FORMATION; 7 DRILL HOLES PUT IN NORTH OF IRON-FORMATION

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency	Database name	Acronym	Record ID	Notes
USGS	Mineral Resources Data System	MRDS	W060031

Bibliographic references

Deposit

DUTTON, C.E., 1983, LITHOLOGY AND GEOLOGIC SETTING OF LOWER PROTEROZOIC IRON-FORMATIONS IN PARTS OF NORTHERN WISCONSIN: USGS OPEN-FILE REPORT 84-76, 15 PP.
Deposit

MARSDEN, R.W., 1978, IRON ORE RESERVES OF WISCONSIN--A MINERALS AVAILABILITY SYSTEM REPORT, IN GRAVEN, L.K., ED., PRODUCTIVITY IN LAKE SUPERIOR MINING DISTRICT: PROCEEDINGS OF THE 51ST ANNUAL MEETING MINNESOTA SECTION AIME AND 39TH ANNUAL MINING SYMPOSIUM, P. 24.1-24.28.
Reserve-Resource

MARSDEN, 1978

Reporter information

Type	Date	Name	Affiliation
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.