| Deposit ID | 10080392 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | W031519 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Flintsteel River Mine |
| Geographic coordinates: | -89.13118, 46.73889 (WGS84) |
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Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Ontonagon(county)
Michigan(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Rockland(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Ontonagon(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Iron River(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Keweenaw Peninsula(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 | 039W | 12 | SE OF SW | Michigan |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Copper | Primary |
| Silver | Secondary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Copper | Ore |
| Silver | Ore |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Calcite | Gangue |
| Epidote | Gangue |
| Pumpellyite-(Mg) | Gangue |
| Chlorite | Gangue |
| Feldspar | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Host | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Mafic Volcanic Rock > Basalt | ||||
| Rock unit name | Portage Lake Volcanics | ||||
| Rock description | Portage Lake Volcanics | ||||
| |||||
| (1) | -89.13118, 46.73889 |
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| Name | EVERGREEN LODE |
|---|
| Operation type | Underground |
|---|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Year of first production | 1853 |
| Year of last production | 1881 |
| District name | Keweenaw Copper |
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| Ownership category | Private |
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| Year | 1881 | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Period | 185?-1881 | ||||||||||||||
| Accuracy | Accurate | ||||||||||||||
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COPPER RANGE CO., UNPUBLISHED, 1968, BEDROCK GEOLOGY MAP OF THE ROCKLAND (NW 1/4) QUADRANGLE, ONTONAGON COUNTY, MICHIGAN.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. 75-78, MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES.
BUTLER AND BURBANK (1929)
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | ORGANIZED IN 1853, AFTER THE PROPERTY HAD BEEN WORKED A LITTLE IN 1850. FIRST PRODUCTION WAS IN 1855. WORK WAS SUSPENDED FROM 1858-1863 EXCEPT SOME SMALL EXPLORATIONS. WORKED CALEDONIA MINE ALSO AND FINALLY CONSOLIDATED IN 1871 AS FLINT STEEL COPPER CO. IN 1873, THE MINES WERE SHUT DOWN AND PROPERTY WAS LEASED FOR 8 YEARS. THERE WAS NO PRODUCTION AFTER THE END OF THIS PERIOD FOR THIS MINE. |
| 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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