Mine detail: Camp Five Deposit

Previously called 'Middle Inlet'

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Location

Lat / long: 45.33333, -88.05003

Resource(M)

Primary: Molybdenum
Ore: Molybdenite
Gangue: Pyrite
Discovery year: 1937

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: None
Development status: Occurrence

Geology

Host type:Granite
Structure:Mineralization Occurs Within Northern Margin Of Informally Named Mount Tom Granite Body Which Is Surrounded By Metavolcanic Rocks Mount Tom Granite May Be Related To Athelstane Granite 7 Km To North, Irregular Quartz Vein Cutting Granite
Alteration processes:Sericite, Epidote, Chlorite, Quartz And Rarely Secondary Albite

References

MRDSD000709
DEP10008503
Reference{Deposit:: FISHER, D.J., 1957, REPORT ON MOLYBDENITE IN NORTHEASTERN WISCONSIN: USGS OPEN FILE REPORT NO. 417, 13 PP.}{Deposit:: GREENBURG, J.K., 1983, MOLYBDENITE IN WISCONSIN:OCCURRENCE AND POTENTIAL: WISCONSIN GEOLOGICAL AND NATURAL HISTORY SURVEY, MISC. PAPER 83-2, 36 PP.}{Reserve-Resource:: GREENBURG, 1982}
ReporterKing, Robert U., Nicholson, S.W., Sutphin, David M., Mason Jr., G.T.