Mole Lake Prospect

Unknown in Forest county in Wisconsin, United States with commodities Zinc, Lead, Copper, Silver, Gold
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  8. Mining district
  9. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. General comments
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10083274
MRDS ID W062865
Record type Site
Current site name Mole Lake Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -89.0134, 45.49833 (WGS84)
Relative position ABOUT 5 KM WNW OF THE CRANDON VMS DEPOSIT; W OF THE MOLE LAKE INDIAN RESERVATION.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Forest(county)

Wisconsin(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Post Lake(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Merrill(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Iron Mountain(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Wolf(hydrologic unit)

Fox(hydrologic accounting unit)

Northwestern Lake Michigan(hydrologic subregion)

Great Lakes(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Indian Affairs(Agency)

Agency BIA(Type of land area)

BIA(Federal land areas administered by BIA)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Wisconsin Forest

Commodities

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -89.0134, 45.49833

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Ladysmith-Rhinelander Metavolcanic Complex

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LABERGE, G.L., ED., VOLCANOGENIC MASSIVE SULFIDE DEPOSITS OF NORTHERN WISCONSIN--A COMMEMORATIVE VOLUME: INSTITUTE ON LAKE SUPERIOR GEOLOGY, PROCEEDINGS, V. 42, PT. 2. (GENERAL REFERENCE ON WISCONSIN VMS DEPOSITS)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit A ZN, PB, CU, AG, AU VOLCANOGENIC MASSIVE SULFIDE DEPOSIT.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1996 Sutphin, David M. 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.