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Geologic and aeromagnetic maps and mineral resource potential survey of the Blackjack Springs Wilderness, Vilas County, Wisconsin

Miscellaneous Field Studies Map 1592
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Abstract

The mineral resource potential of the Blackjack Springs Wilderness in the Nicolet National Forest, Vilas County, Wisc., was evaluated in 1982.  No bedrock exposures are known in or near the wilderness.  Geophysical data and regional geologic relations suggest that the area consists mostly of recrystallized and deformed mafic volcanic rocks and associated mafic intrusives of Early Proterozoic age.  The only identified mineral resources in the Blackjack Springs Wilderness are sand and gravel, but these commodities are abundant regionally.  While the occurrence of stratabound massive-sulfide (cooper-zinc-lead) and (or) magmatic sulfide (copper and (or) nickel)-type deposits are possible in the wilderness, their occurrence is not probable.

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Publication type Report
Publication Subtype USGS Numbered Series
Title Geologic and aeromagnetic maps and mineral resource potential survey of the Blackjack Springs Wilderness, Vilas County, Wisconsin
Series title Miscellaneous Field Studies Map
Series number 1592
DOI 10.3133/mf1592
Year Published 1983
Language English
Publisher U.S. Geological Survey
Publisher location Reston, VA
Description 25.46 x 21.65 inches
Country United States
State Wisconsin
County Vilas County
Other Geospatial Blackjack Springs Wilderness
Scale 0
Online Only (Y/N) N
Additional Online Files (Y/N) N
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