Amberg Mo Occurrence

Unknown in Marinette county in Wisconsin, United States with commodity Molybdenum
Sections on this page
  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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10082595
MRDS ID W060025
Record type Site
Current site name Amberg Mo Occurrence

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -87.8617, 45.51583 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position Est Lat/Lon Estimated From Section Location.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Marinette(county)

Wisconsin(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Miscauno Island(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Escanaba(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Escanaba(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 Marinette

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
35N 21E 10 NW4 OF SE4 Wisconsin

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Molybdenum Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Molybdenite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Pegmatite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -87.8617, 45.51583

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Pegmatite Associated With Amberg Granite

Comments on the geologic information

  • MINOR OCCURRENCE IN FLOODED GRANITE QUARRY

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GREENBERG, J.K., 1983, MOLYBDENITE IN WISCONSIN: OCCURRENCE AND POTENTIAL: WISCONSIN GEOLOGICAL AND NATURAL HISTORY SURVEY, MISC. PAPER 83-2, 36 PP

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

Beyond USGS

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