Mine detail: Flambeau Mine

Previously called 'Ladysmith'

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Location: Rusk County, Wisconsin, United States, North America
Lat / long: 45.44361, -91.12153
dep_id: 10082575
mrds_id: W060000
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Copper
Minor mineral: Zinc, Gold, Silver
Trace mineral: Lead
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Producer
ore: Galena, Pyrrhotite, Silver, Sphalerite
model: 184: Massive sulfide, kuroko
alteration: Upper Greenschist To Lower Amphibolite Facies
Reporter: Nicholson, S.W., Sutphin, David M., Mason Jr., G.T.
hrock_type: Schist
Structure: Isoclinal Folding, Felsic Center
tectonic: Magmatic Arc
Year first produced: 1993
disc_yr: 1968
discr: Great Lakes Exploration Co (Subsidiary Of Kennecott Corp.)
References:
  • Deposit:: CRAWFORD, M.J., 1996, WISCONSIN EXPLORATION UPDATE: SKILLINGSMINING REVIEW, V. 85, NO. 21, P.4-5
  • Production:: STAFF, SKILLINGS MINING REVIEW, JAN. 28, 1995, P. 5-7
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