Wisconsin · Lincoln County
Prospect

Horseshoe Prospect

Lincoln County, Wisconsin, United States
CopperZincLead
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Commodities
PrimaryCopper, Zinc, Lead
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Model184: Massive sulfide, kuroko
Deposit sizeU
Materials
Ore mineralsChalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Polybasite, Pyrrhotite, Silver, Sphalerite
Geology
StructureSteeply Dipping Isoclinally Folded To Locally Gently Dipping Volcanic Sections.
Tectonic settingBack-Arc Basin--Laberge Suggests That Metasediments May Have Been Deposited In A Number Of Basins Formed By Fault Grabens During The Late Penokean Orogeny.
AlterationChlorite-Epidote-Muscovite-Albite-Quartz (Lower Greenschist Facies) To Biotite-Muscovite-Albite-Quartz (Middle Greenschist Facies).
Economic & production
Development statusProspect
Identification
Deposit ID10082581
MRDS IDW060007
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates45.44167, -89.62342
References
LABERGE, G.L., ED., 1996, VOLCANOGENIC MASSIVE SULFIDE DEPOSITS OF NORTHERN WISCONSIN--A COMMEMORATIVE VOLUME: INSTITUTE ON LAKE SUPERIOR GEOLOGY, PROCEEDINGS, V. 42, PT. 2