| Deposit ID | 10080380 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | W031506 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Nonesuch Mine |
| Geographic coordinates: | -89.6187, 46.75444 (WGS84) |
|---|
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Ontonagon(county)
Michigan(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
White Pine(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Ontonagon(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Iron River(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Black-Presque Isle(hydrologic unit)
Southcentral Lake Superior(hydrologic accounting unit)
Southern Lake Superior(hydrologic subregion)
Great Lakes(hydrologic region)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Michigan | Ontonagon |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michigan | 050N | 043W | 1 | NW OF NW | Michigan |
| NE OF NW | Michigan | ||||
| SE OF NW | Michigan | ||||
| SW OF NW | Michigan |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Copper | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Copper | Ore |
| Chalcocite | Ore |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Feldspar | Gangue |
| Epidote | Gangue |
| Chlorite | Gangue |
| Tourmaline | Gangue |
| Apatite | Gangue |
| Mica | Gangue |
| Model code | 96 |
|---|---|
| USGS model code | Unassigned |
| Deposit model name | Native Cu |
| Mark3 model number | 99 |
| Host or associated | Host | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Siltstone | ||||
| Rock unit name | Nonesuch Formation | ||||
| Rock description | Nonesuch Formation | ||||
| |||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale |
| (1) | -89.6187, 46.75444 |
|---|
| Name | ARGILLACEOUS CONGLOMERATE SANDSTONE |
|---|---|
| Strike | 30 SE |
| Width | 2.5M |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Medium |
| Significant | Yes |
| Year of first production | 1867 |
| Year of last production | 1885 |
| District name | Keweenaw Copper |
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| Ownership category | Private |
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| Year | 1885 | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Period | 1868-1885 | ||||||||||||||
| Accuracy | Accurate | ||||||||||||||
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COPPER RANGE CO., UNPUBLISHED, 1968, BEDROCK GEOLOGY MAP OF THE WHITE PINE(SE 1/4) QUADRANGLE, ONTONAGON COUNTY, MICHIGAN. GEOLOGY MAPPED AND COMPILED BY COPPER RANGE EXPLORATION CO., INC., AND BY H. HUBBARD (U.S.G.S.)
BUTLER, B.S., AND BURBANK, W.S., 1929, THE COPPER DEPOSITS OF MICHIGAN: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER 144, 238P.
WILBAND, J.T., 1978, THE COPPER RESOURCES OF NORTHERN MICHIGAN; PREPARED FOR THE U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, CONTRACT NO J0366067, 66P.
JOHNSON, A.M., AND GROTH, E.H.,, 1998, INVENTORY OF UNDERGROUND MINES, ONTONAGON COUNTY, P. 190-192, MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES.
BUTLER AND BURBANK (1929)
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | ORGANIZED IN 1867 AND WORKED AT INTERVALS UNTIL 1875. IDLE UNTIL 1877, AND THE STAMP MILL WAS BURNED SOON AFTER. LEASED BY A CAPTAIN THOMAS HOOPER FOR A PERIOD OF SEVEN YEARS, HOWEVER THERE WAS NO PRODUCTION DURING THIS TIME. LAST SHIPPED IN 1885. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-OCT-1980 | Yeager, Keith (Cannon, W.) | Michigan Geological Survey Division | |
| Updater | 01-MAR-1997 | Sutphin, D.M. | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Editor | 01-MAY-1997 | Mason Jr., G.T. | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Updater | 08-AUG-2001 | Anderson, Arlene (M. Gere) | Michigan Department of Natural Resources |
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