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Manitowish Range Kyn Occurrence

Occurrence in Iron county in Wisconsin, United States with commodity Kyanite
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  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. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10093401
MRDS ID W007517
Record type Site
Current site name Manitowish Range Kyn Occurrence

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -90.01677, 46.08333 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Iron(county)

Wisconsin(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Wilson Lake(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
042N 004E 28,29,31,33 Wisconsin

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Kyanite Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Kyanite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    Rock unit name Garnet-Biotite-Plagioclase Quartz Gneiss
    Rock description Garnet-Biotite-Plagioclase Quartz Gneiss
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -90.01677, 46.08333
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Comments on the geologic information

  • KYANITE - GARNET - BIOTITE - PLAGIOCLASE - QUARTZ GNEISS CUT BY INNUMERABLE PEGMATITES AND QUARTZ VEINS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Manitowish Range

Comments on development

  • UNDEVELOPED

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ALLEN, R. C., AND BARRETT, L. P., 1915, CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE PRE - CAMBRIAN GEOLOGY OF NORTHERN MICHIGAN AND WISCONSIN: MICH. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PUB. 18, P. 111 - 117

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VERY FEW EXPOSURES IN AREA

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1959 Espenshade, Gilbert H. 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

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