Green Bay Manganese Nodules

Unknown in Door county in Wisconsin, United States with commodity Manganese, Ferromanganese
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. Bibliographic references
  9. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10400347
Record type Site
Current site name Green Bay Manganese Nodules

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Approximate
Geographic coordinates: -87.27625, 45.21986 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Door(county)

Wisconsin(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Chambers Island(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Marinette(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Escanaba(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Northeastern Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Lakes(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Wisconsin Door

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese, Ferromanganese Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

Approximate (1) -87.27625, 45.21986

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Offshore
Commodity type Metallic

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Moore, J. R., Meyer, R. P., and Morgan, C. L., Investigation of the Sediments and Potential Manganese Nodule Resources of Green Bay, Wisconsin, University of Wisconsin Sea Grant College Program, Technical Report WIS-SG-73-218.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Updater 05-JAN-2010 Illo, Diane R. Contractor

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.