Bender prospect, Bayfield Co., Wisconsin, USAi
Regional Level Types | |
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Bender prospect | Prospect |
Bayfield Co. | County |
Wisconsin | State |
USA | Country |
Latitude & Longitude (WGS84): | 46° 13' 29'' North , 91° 32' 43'' West |
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Latitude & Longitude (decimal): | 46.22472,-91.54528 |
GeoHash: | G#: cbnyuyfy8 |
USGS MRDS Record: | 10082882 |
Locality type: | Prospect |
Köppen climate type: | Dfb : Warm-summer humid continental climate |
Commodities (Major) - Copper
Development Status: Occurrence
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ⓘ 'commodity:Copper' Formula: Cu Reference: From USGS MRDS database |
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Regional Geology
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Mesoproterozoic 1000 - 1600 Ma ID: 3015689 | Chengwatana Volcanic Group Age: Mesoproterozoic (1000 - 1600 Ma) Stratigraphic Name: Chengwatana Volcanic Group Description: Gray basalt flows, interflow breccia, tuff, and minor sedimentary rocks Comments: This group has U-Pb zircon ages ranging from about 1094.6 +/- 2.1 Ma from a rhyolite near Lake Nelson, WI (Zartman and others, 1997, U-Th-Pb zircon ages of some Keweenawan Supergroup rocks from the south shore of Lake Superior: Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences, v. 34, p. 549-561) to 1100-1102 +/- 5 Ma elsewhere in the unit (G. Garrels, Univ. of Arizona, unpublished data, 2000; M. Schmidt, MIT, unpublished data, 2000). Original map source: Cannon, W.F., Kress, T.H., Sutphin, D.M., Morey, G.B., Meints, Joyce, and Barber-Delach, Robert, 1997, Digital Geologic Map and mineral deposits of the Lake Superior Region, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Michigan: USGS Open-File Report 97-455 (version 3, Nov. 19 Lithology: Major:{basalt} Reference: Horton, J.D., C.A. San Juan, and D.B. Stoeser. The State Geologic Map Compilation (SGMC) geodatabase of the conterminous United States. doi: 10.3133/ds1052. U.S. Geological Survey Data Series 1052. [133] |
Mesoproterozoic 1000 - 1600 Ma ID: 3190266 | Mesoproterozoic volcanic rocks Age: Mesoproterozoic (1000 - 1600 Ma) Comments: Mid-Continent Rift Lithology: Bimodal volcanic rocks Reference: Chorlton, L.B. Generalized geology of the world: bedrock domains and major faults in GIS format: a small-scale world geology map with an extended geological attribute database. doi: 10.4095/223767. Geological Survey of Canada, Open File 5529. [154] |
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