Commodities
PrimaryMolybdenum
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeN
Ore controlVein - Mo Concentrated Near Center Of Veins Along Fractures
Materials
Ore mineralsMolybdenite
GanguePyrite
Geology
Host rockGranite
StructureMineralization 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
AlterationSericite, Epidote, Chlorite, Quartz And Rarely Secondary Albite
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Discovery year1937
Identification
Deposit ID10008503
MRDS IDD000709
Alternate namesMiddle Inlet
RegionNA
Data scoreC
Coordinates45.33333, -88.05003
References
FISHER, D.J., 1957, REPORT ON MOLYBDENITE IN NORTHEASTERN WISCONSIN: USGS OPEN FILE REPORT NO. 417, 13 PP.GREENBURG, J.K., 1983, MOLYBDENITE IN WISCONSIN:OCCURRENCE AND POTENTIAL: WISCONSIN GEOLOGICAL AND NATURAL HISTORY SURVEY, MISC. PAPER 83-2, 36 PP.GREENBURG, 1982