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Bend Project

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10229786
MRDS ID W060002
MAS/MILS ID 0551190125
Record type Site
Current site name Bend Project
Related records 10082576

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -90.59592, 45.2947 (WGS84)
Elevation 413
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Taylor(county)

Wisconsin(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Jump River Fire Tower(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Medford(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Rice Lake(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Chippewa(hydrologic unit)

Chippewa(hydrologic accounting unit)

Chippewa(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Mississippi(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Chequamegon / Nicolet National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Chequamegon National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Wisconsin Taylor

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
4th Principal 033 N 002 W 35 SWNWSW Wisconsin

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Gold Secondary
Silver Secondary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -90.59592, 45.2947
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N45E
    Dip 75S
    Thickness 10M
    Width 610M
    Depth to top 30M
    Field Value
    MAS Matrix # 1
    MAS Column # 1
    Type of Orebody #1 MASS SULFIDE
    Shape of Orebody #1 LENTICULAR
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Primary Ore Control IGNEOUS
    Secondary Ore Control FOLDING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. MODERATE
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 SILICIFICATION
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #2 SERICITIC
    Strike And Dip N45E:75S
    Minimum Depth to Top 30
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 30
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 30
    Future Surface Area (HA) 40
    Date of Last Modification 970512

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant Yes
Discovery year 1986
Mining method Filled Stopes
Milling method Flotation

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Federal Lease

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Royal Standard Minerals Inc. (Rsm)
    Interest 100
    Year 1997
    First year 1997
  • Type Owner
    Owner Sharpe Resources Corp. (Src)
    Interest 100
    Year 1997
    First year 1997
  • Type Operator
    Owner Cyprus Gold Exploration Corp.
    Home office Colorado
    Year 1993
    Last year 1997
  • Type Owner
    Owner Cyprus Amax Minerals Co.
    Interest 100
    Home office Colorado
    Year 1993
    Last year 1997

Comments on the ownership information

  • IN APRIL, 1997 ROYAL STANDARD MINERALS INC. (RSM) & SHARPE RESOURCES CORP. COMPLETED AN AGREEMENT TO ACQUIRE CYPRUS GOLD EXPLORATION CORP. (SUB OF CYPRUYS AMAX MINERALS CO.) INTERESTS IN THE BEND AND HORSESHOE PROPERTIES IN TAYLOR AND LINCOLN COUNTIES, WISCONSIN.

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1990
    Measured 2000000mt ore
    Demonstrated 2000000mt ore
    Total resources 2000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Gold Au 1.92 g/mt Gold Minor 1990
    Silver Ag 14.7 g/mt Silver Minor 1990
    Copper Cu 2.72 wt-pct Copper Major 1990
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1997
    Total resources 2812000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Gold Au 1.58 g/mt Gold Minor 1997
    Silver Ag 17.14 g/mt Silver Minor 1997
    Copper Cu 2.41 wt-pct Copper Major 1997
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1997
    Total resources 1270000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Gold Au 2.3 g/mt Gold Minor 1997
    Copper Cu 3.1 wt-pct Copper Major 1997
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1997
    Total resources 1270000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Gold Au 4.84 g/mt Gold Minor 1997
    Silver Ag 3.43 g/mt Silver Minor 1997
    Copper Cu 0.2 wt-pct Copper Major 1997

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • THE BEND PROJECT DEPOSIT IS A SUBAQUEOUS VOLCANIGENIC, MASSIVE SULFIDE DEPOSIT. THE PROPERTY HAS RECENTLY (JUNE 1993) BEEN ACQUIRED BY CYPRUS MINERALS FROM ERNEST K. LEHMEN & ASS., MINNEAPOLIS, MN.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Ownership

    THE MINING RECORD VOL. 108, #15, WED., APRIL 9, 1997, P1.

  • Reserve-Resource

    WISCONSIN MINERAL RESOURCES INC. THE BEND PROJECT

  • Reserve-Resource

    INFORMATION BROCHURE, 2P.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 29-MAY-97 Buckingham, David A. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

Operator history (post-MRDS)

MRDS records operators as of each record's last update (≤ 2019). Some of the operators listed here have since changed hands or dissolved:

  • Cyprus Amax Minerals Co. — now part of Subsidiary of Freeport-McMoRan (2007)
    Formed by merger of Cyprus Minerals and AMAX in 1993; acquired by Phelps Dodge in 1999; Phelps Dodge acquired by Freeport-McMoRan in 2007.

Curated by qvyshift.com from publicly-reported M&A activity (SEC filings, press releases, USGS Mineral Yearbooks). Not authoritative — verify against primary sources before relying on it. The MSHA panel above is the current authoritative source for actively-permitted mines.

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