| Deposit ID | 10082803 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | W062152 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Bushyhead Island Prospect |
| Geographic coordinates: | -93.11773, 48.60611 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 338 |
| Location accuracy | 100(meters) |
| Relative position | ON BUSHYHEAD ISLET IN RAINY LAKE, IN NOYAGEURS NATIONAL PARK, ABOUT 12 MILES EAST OF FORT FRANCES, ONTARIO, CANADA., Acc Location Taken From 1:50,000 Scale Map Where Adit Symbol Is Plotted. |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Koochiching(county)
Minnesota(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Cranberry Bay(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
International Falls(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
International Falls(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Rainy Lake(hydrologic unit)
Rainy(hydrologic accounting unit)
Rainy(hydrologic subregion)
Souris-Red-Rainy(hydrologic region)
Federal lands
Voyageurs National Park(National Park)
National Park NPS(Type of land area)
NPS(Federal land areas administered by NPS)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Minnesota | Koochiching |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 71N | 22W | 26 | Minnesota |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Gold | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Gold | Ore |
| Ankerite | Gangue |
| Chlorite | Gangue |
| Muscovite | Gangue |
| Pyrite | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Sericite | Gangue |
| Specularite | Gangue |
| Tourmaline | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Host | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Schist | ||||
| Rock unit name | Seine Series | ||||
| |||||
| (1) | -93.11773, 48.60611 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | In The Quetico Subprovince Of The Superior Province. The Rainy Lake Area Lies Within A Dextral Wrench (Shear) Zone Bounded On The North By The Quetico Fault And On The South By The Rainy Lake-Seine River Fault. |
| Commodity type | Metallic |
|---|---|
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Rainy Lake |
|---|
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | W062152 |
SIMS, P.K., AND DAY, W.C., 1992, A REGIONAL STRUCTURAL MODEL FOR GOLD MINERALIZATION IN THE SOUTHERN PART OF THE ARCHEAN SUPERIOR PROVINCE, UNITED STATES, IN SIMS, P.K., AND CARTER, L.M.H., EDS., CONTRIBUTIONS TO PRECAMBRIAN GEOLOGY OF THE LAKE SUPERIOR REGION: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1094-M, 19 P.
DAY, W.C., 1990, BEDROCK GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE RAINY LAKE AREA, NORTHERN MINNESOTA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MISCELLANEOUS INVESTIGATIONS SERIES MAP I-1927, SCALE 1:50,000.
DAY, W.C., AND SIMS, P.K., 1984, TECTONIC EVOLUTION OF THE RAINY LAKE AREA, NORTHERN MINNESOTA: GEOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION OF CANADA, THE MINERAL ASSOCIATION OF CANADA, LONDON, ONTARIO, CANADA, PROGRAM WITH ABSTRACTS, V. 9, P. 57.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | THE OCCURRENCE OF LARGE GOLD DEPOSITS IN CANADA SUGGESTS THAT THE GREENSTONE-GRANITE TERRANES OF MINNESOTA ARE FAVORABLE FOR THE OCCURRENCE OF IMPORTANT GOLD DEPOSITS. |
| Deposit | GROUT (1937) DID NOT GIVE A MORE SPECIFIC NAME FOR THIS PROSPECT. HE CALLED IT "BUSHY HEAD" (TWO WORDS) ISLET. MAP I-1927 CALLS IT "BUSHYHEAD" (ONE WORD) ISLAND. |
| Deposit | GROUT (1937) DETERMINED THAT THESE DEPOSITS WERE OF PROBABLE HYPOTHERMAL ORIGIN. THE PROPSECT CONSISTS OF A QUARTZ VEIN WITH LATER ANKERITE AND MUSCOVITE CROSSES A MINERALIZED AND CONTORTED SCHIST. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-DEC-95 | Sutphin, David M. (Cannon, W. F.) | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Updater | 01-MAR-97 | Sutphin, David M. | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Editor | 01-MAY-97 | Mason Jr., G.T. | U.S. Geological Survey |
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