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Lasalle Falls

Unknown in Florence county in Wisconsin, United States with commodities Iron, Copper
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Alteration
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10082584
MRDS ID W060010
Record type Site
Current site name Lasalle Falls

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -88.26754, 45.82778 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 100(meters)
Relative position AT PINE RAPIDS ON THE PINE RIVER (ABOUT 1 MILE WEST OF PINE RIVER FLOWAGE AND ABOUT 10 MILES WEST OF TOWN OF IRON MOUNTAIN), Acc Lat/Lon Is For The Drill Hole In Werbach (1987).

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Florence(county)

Wisconsin(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Florence 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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Wisconsin Florence

Comments on the location information

  • PREVIOUS QUAD DESIGNATION = FLORENCE, SE 1:24000

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Argentite Ore
Chalcocite Ore
Pyrite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Amphibolite Facies

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metavolcanic Rock > Mafic Metamorphic Rock > Meta-Basalt
    Rock unit name Quinnesec Formation
    Rock description Quinnesec Formation
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock

Nearby scientific data

(1) -88.26754, 45.82778
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • DESCRIPTION OF LOCAL GEOLOGY REPORTED BY WERBACH, DAVID, 1987, A STUDY OF THE LASALLE FALLS MASSIVE SULPHIDE PROSPECT AND ADJACENT AREA, FLORENCE COUNTY, WISCONSIN: MS THESIS, NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY, 121 PP. TOURMALINITES ARE PRESENT IN THE OVERLYING GREENSTONE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Comments on development

  • GREAT LAKES EXPLORATION DRILLED THE PROSPECT IN 1969.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WERBACH, DAVID, 1987, A STUDY OF THE LASALLE FALLS MASSIVE SULPHIDE PROSPECT AND ADJACENT AREA, FLORENCE COUNTY, WISCONSIN: MS THESIS, NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY, 121 PP.

  • Deposit

    LABERGE, G.L., 1983, LASALLE FALLS-- AN EXPOSED MASSIVE SULFIDE DEPOSIT IN FLORENCE COUNTY, WISCONSIN: INSTITUTE OF LAKE SUPERIOR GEOLOGY, ABSTRACTS, V. 29, P. 26.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MOSTLY PYRITE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-95 Nicholson, S.W. 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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