Mine detail: Fon Du Lac

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Location: Douglas County, Wisconsin, United States, North America
Lat / long: 46.57055, -92.02046
dep_id: 10082590
mrds_id: W060018
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Copper
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Unknown
ore: Copper, Malachite
gangue: Calcite, Epidote, Prehnite, Quartz
work_type: Surface/Underground
Reporter: Nicholson, S.W., Sutphin, David M., Mason Jr., G.T.
hrock_type: Basalt
tectonic: Midcontinent Rift
References:
  • GRANT, U.S., 1901, PRELIMINARY REPORT ON THE COPPER-BEARING ROCKS OF DOUGLAS COUNTY, WISCONSIN, WISC. GEOLOGICAL AND NATURAL HISTORY SURVEY, BULLETIN NO. 6., ECON. SERIES 3, 83 PP WITH MAP
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