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Weyerhauser

Prospect in Douglas county in Wisconsin, United States with commodities Copper, Lead
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10082586
MRDS ID W060014
Record type Site
Current site name Weyerhauser

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -91.56544, 46.21443 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 100(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 2.5 MILES DUE SOUTH OF LOWER EAU CLAIRE LAKE, ALONG DINGLE CREEK., Acc Lat/Lon Is From The Usbm Cd-Rom And Is For The Ore Body., Acc Lat/Lon Is From The Usbm Cd-Rom And Is For The Ore Body., Acc Lat/Lon Is From The Usbm Cd-Rom And Is For The Ore Body.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Douglas(county)

Wisconsin(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Chittamo NE(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Solon Springs(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Ashland(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Namekagon(hydrologic unit)

St. Croix(hydrologic accounting unit)

St. Croix(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Mississippi(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Wisconsin Douglas

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
43N}43N 10W}10W 12}11 NW4 OF SE4 (12); SE4 OF SE4 OF SE4 (11) Wisconsin

Comments on the location information

  • PREVIOUS QUAD DESIGNATION = CHITTAMO NE 1:24000

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Lead Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Copper Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Green Schist

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Mafic Volcanic Rock > Basalt
    Rock unit name Chengwatana Volcanics
    Rock description Chengwatana Volcanics
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mesoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mesoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -91.56544, 46.21443
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Name WEYERHAUSER

Comments on the geologic information

  • COPPER MINERALIZATION ASSOCIATED WITH EPIDOTE AND CHLORITE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1890

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Rudolph Land Co.

Comments on the workings information

  • DESCRIPTION FROM GROUT, 1901, PRELIMINARY REPORT ON THE COPPER-BEARING ROCKS OF DOUGLAS COUNTY, WISCONSIN, WISC. GEOLOGICAL AND NATURAL HISTORY SURVEY, BULLETIN NO. 6, ECON. SERIES 3, 83 PP. WITH MAPS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GROUT, 1901, PRELIMINARY REPORT ON THE COPPER-BEARING ROCKS OF DOUGLAS COUNTY, WISCONSIN, WISC. GEOLOGICAL AND NATURAL HISTORY SURVEY, BULLETIN NO. 6, ECON. SERIES 3, 83 PP. WITH MAPS

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit EXPLORATORY OPERATIONS FROM FEB - MAY 1900
Deposit SOME DATA FROM THIS RECORD CAME FROM REOCRD W060011, WHICH WAS LATER DELETED.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-95 Nicholson, S.W. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-APR-96 Sutphin, David M. U.S. Geological Survey
Editor 01-MAY-97 Mason Jr., G.T. U.S. Geological Survey

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