Mine detail: Camp Five Deposit

Previously called 'Middle Inlet'

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Location: Marinette County, Wisconsin, United States, North America
Lat / long: 45.33333, -88.05003
dep_id: 10008503
mrds_id: D000709
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Molybdenum
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Molybdenite
gangue: Pyrite
alteration: Sericite, Epidote, Chlorite, Quartz And Rarely Secondary Albite
ore_ctrl: Vein - Mo Concentrated Near Center Of Veins Along Fractures
Reporter: King, Robert U., Nicholson, S.W., Sutphin, David M., Mason Jr., G.T.
hrock_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
disc_yr: 1937
References:
  • 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
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