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Montrose

Unknown in Sawyer county in Wisconsin, United States with commodity Copper
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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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10111319
MRDS ID W060013
Record type Site
Current site name Montrose

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -91.45016, 46.31666 (WGS84)
Relative position ABOUT 1 LM EAST OF UPPER EAU CLAIRE LAKE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Bayfield(county)

Wisconsin(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Upper Eau Claire Lake(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Solon Springs(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Ashland(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper St. Croix(hydrologic unit)

St. Croix(hydrologic accounting unit)

St. Croix(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Mississippi(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Wisconsin Sawyer

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
44N 9W 12 NW4 NW4 Wisconsin

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -91.45016, 46.31666
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Name MONTROSE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1890

Comments on the workings information

  • DESCRIPTION FROM GROUT, 1901, PRELIMINARY REPORT OF THE COPPER-BEARING ROCKS OF DOUGLAS COUNTY, WISCONSIN, WISC. GEOLOGICAL AND NATURAL HISTORY SURVEY, BULLETIN NO. 6, ECON. SERIES 3, 83 PP WITH MAPS

Comments on development

  • SMALL PITS WERE WORKED FOR A FEW YEARS THEN ABANDONED

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GROUT, 1901, PRELIMINARY REPORT ON THE COPPER-BEARING ROCKS OF DOUGLAS COUNTY, WISCONSIN: WISCONSIN GEOLOGICAL SURVEY AND NATURAL HISTORY SURVEY BULLETIN NO. 6, ECONOMIC SERIES 3, 83 P. INCLUDING MAPS

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit FOUR SMALL PITS WERE DUG. THE NATIVE COPPER WAS PRIMARILY IN BRECCIATED AMYGDALOIDAL BASALT FLOW TOPS AND ASSOCIATED CONGLOMERATE

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

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