Fence Prospect

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10111329
MRDS ID W062859
Record type Site
Current site name Fence Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -88.56977, 45.75972 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Florence(county)

Wisconsin(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Long Lake SE(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Iron Mountain(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Iron Mountain(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Menominee(hydrologic unit)

Northwestern Lake Michigan(hydrologic accounting unit)

Northwestern Lake Michigan(hydrologic subregion)

Great Lakes(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Nicolet National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Wisconsin Florence

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Pyrrhotite Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -88.56977, 45.75972

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1985
Discoverer Kerr-Mcgee

Comments on development

  • BHP DRILLED ABOUT 10 HOLES IN THIS PROSPECT IN 1995.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CRAWFORD, M.J., 1996, WISCONSIN EXPLORATION UPDATE: SKILLINGSMINING REVIEW, V. 85, NO. 21, P.4-5

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THIS IS A SMALL MASSIVE SULFIDE DEPOSIT.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-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.