| Deposit ID | 10080394 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | W031522 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | King Philip Mine |
| Geographic coordinates: | -88.91896, 46.87083 (WGS84) |
|---|
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Houghton(county)
Michigan(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Winona South(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
L'Anse(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 | Houghton |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 052N | 036W | 30 | Michigan |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Copper | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Copper | Ore |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Calcite | Gangue |
| Epidote | Gangue |
| Pumpellyite-(Mg) | Gangue |
| Chlorite | Gangue |
| Feldspar | Gangue |
| Prehnite | Gangue |
| Laumontite | Gangue |
| Silver | Gangue |
| Model code | 96 |
|---|---|
| USGS model code | Unassigned |
| Deposit model name | Native Cu |
| Mark3 model number | 99 |
| 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) | -88.91896, 46.87083 |
|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Large |
| Significant | Yes |
| District name | Keweenaw Copper |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
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| Year | 1907 | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Period | 1902-1907 | ||||||||||||||
| Accuracy | Estimate | ||||||||||||||
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COPPER RANGE CO., UNPUBLISHED, 1968, BEDROCK GEOLOGY MAP OF THE WINONA (SW 1/4) QUADRANGLE, HOUGHTON COUNTY, MICHIGAN.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, 238 P.
WILBAND, J.T., 1968, THE COPPER RESOURCES OF NORTHERN MICHIGAN; PREPARED FOR THE U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, CONTRACT NO. J0366067, 66 P.
BUTLER AND BURBANK (1929)
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | OPERATIONS WERE FIRST ORGANIZED IN 1864, WITH A LOW RECOVERY RATE. IN 1870, THE MINE WAS LEFT TO TRIBUTORS. WINONA COPPER CO. ORGANIZED IN 1898, AND KING PHILIP COPPER CO. ASSUMED TO BE ORGANIZED ABOUT SAME TIME. THIS MINE PRODUCED FROM 1920-1907, WAS IDLE UNTIL 1911 WHEN THE WINONA COPPER CO. ABSORBED THE KING PHILIP COPPER CO., AND RESUMED PRODUCTION UNTIL 1920 WHEN IT WAS CLOSED. |
| 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 |
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