| Deposit ID | 10080396 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | W031524 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Lake Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | Bohemian, Great Western Mine |
| Geographic coordinates: | -89.03674, 46.76778 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Relative position | GREENLAND TOWNSHIP; ON THE BLUFF SOUTH OF M-26 AND EAST OF M-38 |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Ontonagon(county)
Michigan(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Greenland(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 | 051N | 037W | 32, 31 | E 1/2 SEC 31 | Michigan |
| W 1/2 SW SEC 32 | Michigan |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Copper | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Copper | Ore |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Calcite | Gangue |
| Epidote | Gangue |
| Pumpellyite-(Mg) | Gangue |
| Chlorite | Gangue |
| Feldspar | 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 | ||||
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| (1) | -89.03674, 46.76778 |
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| Name | BUTLER, EVERGREEN & KNOWLTON LODES |
|---|---|
| Strike | 35 W |
| Width | 20M |
| Operation type | Underground |
|---|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Large |
| Significant | Yes |
| Year of first production | 1905 |
| Year of last production | 1919 |
| District name | Keweenaw Copper |
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| Ownership category | Private |
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| Year | 1918 | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Period | 1909-1918 | ||||||||||||||
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COPPER RANGE CO., UNPUBLISHCOPPER RANGE CO., UNPUBLISHED, 1968, BEDROCK GEOLOGY MAP OF THE GREENLAND (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 THE 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.104 -111, MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES.
BUTLER AND BURBANK (1929)
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | ORGANIZED IN 1905, FORMERLY THE BELT PROPERTY. FIRST PRODUCTION WAS IN 1909, IDLE DURING 1911 AND 1914 AND WORK WAS FINALLY SUSPENDED IN 1919. THE EVERGREEN AND KNOWLTON LODES WERE OPENED AT THIS MINE. DEVELOPMENT WORK WAS DONE ON THE BUTLER LODE, BUT NO RECORD EXISTS OF THE RESULTS. |
| Deposit | SOME MINING IN KNOWLTON, BUTLER & EVERGREEN LODES; MAINLY LAKE LODE |
| 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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