| Deposit ID | 10080401 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | W031531 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Carp Lake Mine |
| Geographic coordinates: | -89.7162, 46.81472 (WGS84) |
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Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Ontonagon(county)
Michigan(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Government Peak(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 | 051N | 043W | 14 | Michigan |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Copper | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Copper | Ore |
| Chalcocite | Ore |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Calcite | Gangue |
| Chlorite | Gangue |
| Feldspar | 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 | Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone | ||||
| Rock unit name | Copper Harbor Formation | ||||
| Rock description | Copper Harbor Formation | ||||
| |||||
| (1) | -89.7162, 46.81472 |
|---|
| Name | CONGLOMERATE SANDSTONE |
|---|---|
| General form | IRREGULAR |
| Strike | 30 |
| Width | 1M |
| Operation type | Underground |
|---|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Year of first production | 1858 |
| Year of last production | 1898 |
| District name | Keweenaw Copper |
|---|
| Ownership category | State Park |
|---|
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Great North Mines Limited |
| Year | 1865 | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Period | 1860-1865 | ||||||||||||||
| Accuracy | Accurate | ||||||||||||||
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COPPER RANGE CO., UNPUBLISHED, 1968, BEDROCK GEOLOGY MAP OF THE WHITE PINE (SW 1/4) QUADRANGLE, ONTONAGON COUNTY, MICHIGAN.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. 33-36, MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES.
BUTLER AND BURBANK (1929)
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | THE CARP LAKE MINING CO. ORGANIZED IN 1858 AND MINING BEGAN IN 1859. WORK WAS SUSPENDED IN 1862, BUT MINE SHIPPED 1860-1865. OPERATIONS RESUMED FOR SHORT PERIODS IN 1897 AND 1898. IN 1901 THE PROPERTY WAS ABSORBED BY THE PORCUPINE COPPER CO., HOWEVER THERE WAS NO SHIPMENTS AFTER 1865. ABSORBED BY GREAT LAKES NORTH MINES LIMITED 1928 |
| Deposit | IRREGULAR AND PATCHY ORE |
| 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 | 20-JUL-2001 | Anderson, Arlene (M. Gere) | Michigan Department of Natural Resources |
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