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Hawk Propsect

Prospect in Lincoln county in Wisconsin, United States with commodities Zinc, Copper
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Geologic structures
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Reserves and resources
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10082580
MRDS ID W060006
Record type Site
Current site name Hawk Propsect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -89.75509, 45.44833 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lincoln(county)

Wisconsin(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Coffee Creek(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Merrill(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Iron Mountain(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Wisconsin(hydrologic unit)

Wisconsin(hydrologic accounting unit)

Wisconsin(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Mississippi(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Wisconsin Lincoln

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Zinc Critical Primary
Copper Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • TYPICAL ZN-CU-TYPE VMS DEPOSITS IN WISCONSIN CONTAIN: PYRITE, PYRRHOTITE, SPHALERITE , CHALCOPYRITE, (SOMETIMES GALENA, MAGNETITE,) WITH MINOR AMOUNTS OF ARSENOPYRITE, TETRAHEDRITE, TENNANTITE (SOMETIMES MARCASITE, ELECTRUM,COVELLITE, CHALCOCITE).

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcocite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Covellite Ore
Electrum Ore
Magnetite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Pyrrhotite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -89.75509, 45.44833
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Regional Metamorphism And Isoclinal Folding.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Ladysmith

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1996
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Zinc Zn 2.7 wt-pct Zinc Major 1996
    Copper Cu 0.8 wt-pct Copper Major 1996

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LABERGE, G.L., ED., VOLCANOGENIC MASSIVE SULFIDE DEPOSITS OF NORTHERN WISCONSIN--A COMMEMORATIVE VOLUME: INSTITUTE ON LAKE SUPERIOR GEOLOGY, PROCEEDINGS, V. 42, PT. 2

  • Reserve-Resource

    LABERGE, 1996.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit CLASSIFIED BY LABERGE (1996) AS A ZN-CU-TYPE VOLCANOGENIC MASSIVE SULFIDE DEPOSIT.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1995 Nicholson, S.W. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-AUG-1996 Sutphin, David M. U.S. Geological Survey
Editor 01-MAY-1997 Mason Jr., G.T. U.S. Geological Survey

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