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Lynne

Prospect in Oneida county in Wisconsin, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Lead, Silver, Zinc
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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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mineral rights holdings
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Reserves and resources
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10229274
MRDS ID W060001
MAS/MILS ID 0550850140
Record type Site
Current site name Lynne
Related records 10082574

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -89.9809, 45.6933 (WGS84)
Elevation 479
Location accuracy 250(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Oneida(county)

Wisconsin(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Pier Lake(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Rhinelander(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 Oneida

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
4th Principal 037 N 004 E 15 SESW Wisconsin

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Secondary
Gold Secondary
Lead Secondary
Silver Secondary
Zinc Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Brucite Unknown
Calcite Unknown
Chalcopyrite Unknown
Cummingtonite Unknown
Diopside Unknown
Epidote Unknown
Galena Unknown
Garnet Unknown
Graphite Unknown
Phlogopite Unknown
Polybasite Unknown
Pyrargyrite Unknown
Pyrite Unknown
Pyrrhotite Unknown
Serpentine Unknown
Silver Unknown
Sphalerite Unknown
Talc Unknown
Tetrahedrite Unknown
Tourmaline Unknown
Tremolite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -89.9809, 45.6933
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N75W
    Dip 40N
    Area 26HA
    Depth to top 18M
    Field Value
    MAS Matrix # 1
    MAS Column # 1
    Type of Orebody #1 MASS SULFIDE
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Shape of Orebody #2 LENTICULAR
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Primary Ore Control IGNEOUS
    Secondary Ore Control FAULTING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. MODERATE
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 SILICIFICATION
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #2 INTERM ARGILLIC
    Strike And Dip N75W:40N
    Minimum Depth to Top 15
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 18
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 15
    Total Surface Area (HA) 26
    Date of Last Modification 930331

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE LYNNE DEPOSIT IS A VOLCANIC- TO VOLCLANICLASTIC-HOSTED, ZN- PB-CU-AG OREBODY LOCATED IN THE EARLY PROTEROZOIC (PRECAMBRIAN) MAGMATIC TERRANE OF NORTHERN WISCONSIN. THE DEPOSIT IS HOSTED BY A GENTLY DIPPING SEQUENCE OF FRAGMENTAL RHYOLITES, FELSIC TUFFS, LESS ABUNDANT DACITE TO ANDESITE FLOWS, AND IS BROADLY CONFORMABLE WITH THE HOST ROCK STRATIGRAPHY, BUT THE ORE ZONES THICKEN AND COALESCE IN THE CENTRAL PART OF THE DEPOSIT.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant Yes
Discovery year 1990
Mining method Bench (Berm)
Milling method Flotation

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights State Lease

Land status

Ownership category County

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Noranda Minerals Wisconsin Corp (Sub Of Noranda Corp)
    Interest 100
    Home office Wisconsin
    Year 1993

Comments on the ownership information

  • THE LYNNE DEPOSIT IS A VOLCANIC- TO VOLCLANICLASTIC-HOSTED, ZN- PB-CU-AG OREBODY LOCATED IN THE EARLY PROTEROZOIC (PRECAMBRIAN) MAGMATIC TERRANE OF NORTHERN WISCONSIN. THE DEPOSIT IS HOSTED BY A GENTLY DIPPING SEQUENCE OF FRAGMENTAL RHYOLITES, FELSIC TUFFS, LESS ABUNDANT DACITE TO ANDESITE FLOWS, AND IS BROADLY CONFORMABLE WITH THE HOST ROCK STRATIGRAPHY, BUT THE ORE ZONES THICKEN AND COALESCE IN THE CENTRAL PART OF THE DEPOSIT. NORANDA MINERALS WISCONSIN CORP ADDRESS IS 14 E. DAVENPORT ST, P. O. BOX 1126, RHINELANDER, WI 54501. THIS COMPANY IS A WHOLLY-OWNED SUBSIDIARY OF NORANDA INC., B.C.E. PLACE, 181 BAY STREET, SUITE 4100, P. O. BOX 755, TORONTO, ONTARIO M5J 2T3.

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1991
    Indicated 5900000mt ore
    Demonstrated 5900000mt ore
    Total resources 5900000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Zinc Zn 8.2 wt-pct Zinc Major 1991
    Copper Cu 0.4 wt-pct Copper Minor 1991
    Lead Pb 1.6 wt-pct Lead Minor 1991
    Silver Ag 79 g/mt Silver Minor 1991
    Gold Au 0.69 g/mt Gold Minor 1991

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • MINE PERMITTING HAS BEEN DELAYED SINCE 1991 WHEN THE STATE DE- PARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES SAID LAKE BEDS AND MARSHES NEAR NEAR THE SITE ARE PROTECTED BY STATE LAW.
  • THE LYNNE DEPOSIT IS A VOLCANIC- TO VOLCLANICLASTIC-HOSTED, ZN- PB-CU-AG OREBODY LOCATED IN THE EARLY PROTEROZOIC (PRECAMBRIAN) MAGMATIC TERRANE OF NORTHERN WISCONSIN. THE DEPOSIT IS HOSTED BY A GENTLY DIPPING SEQUENCE OF FRAGMENTAL RHYOLITES, FELSIC TUFFS, LESS ABUNDANT DACITE TO ANDESITE FLOWS, AND IS BROADLY CONFORMABLE WITH THE HOST ROCK STRATIGRAPHY, BUT THE ORE ZONES THICKEN AND COALESCE IN THE CENTRAL PART OF THE DEPOSIT. NORANDA MINERALS WISCONSIN CORP ADDRESS IS 14 E. DAVENPORT ST, P. O. BOX 1126, RHINELANDER, WI 54501. THIS COMPANY IS A WHOLLY-OWNED SUBSIDIARY OF NORANDA INC., B.C.E. PLACE, 181 BAY STREET, SUITE 4100, P. O. BOX 755, TORONTO, ONTARIO M5J 2T3. M9C4=M1C1 MAT 9, COL 4 = MAT 1, COL 1 GIVEN BY NORANDA CORP IN TORONTO IN 1993.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Geology

    KENNEDY L. P. AND M. E. DONNELLY. GEOLOGY OF THE LYNNE ZN-

  • Geology

    PB-CU-AG DEPOSIT, A PROTEROZOIC MASSIVE SULFIDE, ONEIDA

  • Geology

    COUNTY, WISCONSIN. UNPUBLISHED REPORT. 1992, 3 PP.

  • Reserve-Resource

    DONNELLY, M. NORANA LYNNE DEPOSIT - A CASE STUDY. PRES AT

  • Reserve-Resource

    AMC MINING CONVENTION, OCT 2, 1991. 1 P.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 7300000 ST @ 0.38% CU, 1.62% PB, 8.28% ZN, 0.018 OZ/ST AU AND 2.09 OZ/ST AG.-DAVID F. BRIGGS DATA BASE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 13-FEB-1997 Hite, Alan G. U.S. Bureau of Mines

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