Scranton Mine

Past Producer in Ontonagon county in Michigan, United States with commodity Copper
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Alteration
  9. Mineral occurrence model information
  10. Host and associated rocks
  11. Nearby scientific data
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10080384
MRDS ID W031511
Record type Site
Current site name Scranton Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -89.58481, 46.81417 (WGS84)

Site location context

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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Michigan Ontonagon

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Michigan 051N 042W 13 Michigan

Comments on the location information

  • CENTERED ON ONLY SHAFT IN SECTION 13.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Copper Ore
Chalcocite Ore
Quartz Gangue
Feldspar Gangue
Epidote Gangue
Chlorite Gangue
Tourmaline Gangue
Apatite Gangue
Mica Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Copper replacement, sandstone bleaching

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 96
USGS model code Unassigned
Deposit model name Native Cu
Mark3 model number 99

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Siltstone
    Rock unit name Nonesuch Formation
    Rock description Nonesuch Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Stenian
    Chronological age 1080
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale

Nearby scientific data

(1) -89.58481, 46.81417

Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Stratigraphic-in sandstone and permeable shale near base of formation, also in small fissure veins.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Keweenaw Copper

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the production information

  • NO PRODUCTION FIGURES AVAILABLE, ASSUMING SMALL SIZE

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • POTENTIAL RECOVERABLE COPPER SULFIDE RESERVES FROM THE NONESUCH FORMATION, BASED ON WHITE PINE ESTIMATES. HOWEVER, THIS ESTIMATE IS FOR THE FORMATION AS A WHOLE, NO SPECIFIC INFORMATION AVAILABLE ON THIS LOCATION.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    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.)

  • Deposit

    BUTLER, B.S., AND BURBANK, W.S., 1929, THE COPPER DEPOSITS OF MICHIGAN: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER 144, 238P.

  • Deposit

    WILBAND, J.T., 1978, THE COPPER RESOURCES OF NORTHERN MICHIGAN; PREPARED FOR THE U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, CONTRACT NO. J0366067, 66P.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit NO DESCRIPTION INFORMATION AVAILABLE.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.