Wolf River Prospect

Unknown in Oneida county in Wisconsin, United States with commodities Zinc, Copper
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 10083275
MRDS ID W062866
Record type Site
Current site name Wolf River Prospect
Alternate or previous names Rabbit and Duck Blind

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -89.07507, 45.54667 (WGS84)
Relative position ABOUT 14 KM NW OF THE CRANDON VMS DEPOSIT.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Oneida(county)

Wisconsin(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Nashville(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Rhinelander(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Wisconsin Oneida

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Zinc Critical Primary
Copper Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -89.07507, 45.54667

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 WISCONSIIN VMS DEPOSITS)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit A ZN-CU DEPOSIT THAT FORMED IN THE MAIN VOLCANIC SEQUENCE OF THE LADYSMITH-RHINELANDER METAVOLCANIC COMPLEX.

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.