Prentice East Prospect

Prospect in Price county in Wisconsin, United States with commodity Zinc
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  8. Mining district
  9. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. General comments
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10083273
MRDS ID W062861
Record type Site
Current site name Prentice East Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -90.33178, 45.52333 (WGS84)
Relative position ABOUT 20 KM WNW OF RITCHIE CREEK PROSPECT.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Price(county)

Wisconsin(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Prentice(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Park Falls(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Rice Lake(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Jump(hydrologic unit)

Chippewa(hydrologic accounting unit)

Chippewa(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Mississippi(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Wisconsin Price

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Zinc Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -90.33178, 45.52333

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Ladysmith-Rhinelander Metavolcanic Complex

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 (GENERAL REFERENCE ON WISCONSIIN VMS DEPOSITS)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit A ZN DEPOSIT; IT FORMED IN THE BACK-ARC BASIN FACIES OF THE LOWER PROTEROZOIC METAVOLCANIC SEQUENCE.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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