| Deposit ID | 10082612 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | W060047 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Kingston Conglomerate |
| Related records | 10219521 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -88.39116, 47.29083 (WGS84) |
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Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Keweenaw(county)
Michigan(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Ahmeek(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Hancock(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Hancock C(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 | Keweenaw |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michigan | 057N | 032W | 32 | SW OF SW | Michigan |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Copper | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Copper | Ore |
| 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 > Tholeiite |
| Rock unit name | Portage Lake Volcanics |
| Rock description | Portage Lake Volcanics |
| Host or associated | Host | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Conglomerate | ||||||||
| Rock unit name | Kingston Conglomerate | ||||||||
| Rock description | Kingston Conglomerate | ||||||||
| |||||||||
| (1) | -88.39116, 47.29083 |
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| General form | CONGLOMERATE LODE |
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| Operation type | Underground |
|---|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Large |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1962 |
| Year of last production | 1968 |
| District name | Keweenaw Copper |
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| Year | 1968 | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Period | 1962-1968 | ||||||||||||||
| Accuracy | Accurate | ||||||||||||||
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WHITE, W.S., 1968, THE NATIVE COPPER DEPOSITS OF NORTHERN MICHIGAN: IN J.D. RIDGE, (EDITOR) ORE DEPOSITS OF THE UNITED STATES 1933-1967 (GRATON-SALES VOL.): AM. INSTIT. MIN. METALL. PETROL. ENG,. VOL. 1, P. 303-325.
WEEGE, R.J., AND POLLACK, J.P., 1971, RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN THE NATIVE COPPER DISTRICT OF MICHIGAN: IN W.S. WHITE, (EDITOR) GUIDEBOOK FOR FIELD CONFERENCE, MICHIGAN COPPER DISTRICT, SEPT. 30-OCT. 2, 1971, SOC. ECON. GEOL., PP. 19-43.
WHITE, W.S., CORNWALL, H.R., AND SWANSON, R.W., 1953, BEDROCK GEOLOGY OF THE AHMEEK QUADRANGLE, MICHIGAN: USGS MAP GQ-27, SCALE 1:24000
WEEGE AND POLLACK, 1971
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | COPPER MOSTLY OCCURS RESTRICTED ZONES WITHIN 40-FOOT THICK BED: FOOTWALL ZONE IS MOST CONTINUOUSLY MINERALIZED (CONTAINS 43 PERCENT OF THE COPPER); INTERMEDIATE ZONE IS RICHEST BUT HAS SPOTTY DISTRIBUTION (CONTAINS ONLY 10 PERCENT OF THE COPPER); HANGING WALL ZONE IS VERY DISCONTINUOUS (CONTAINS 33 PERCENT OF THE COPPER) |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-JUL-1995 | Nicholson, Suzanne | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Updater | 01-MAR-1997 | Sutphin, D.M. | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Editor | 01-MAY-1997 | Mason Jr., G.T. | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Reporter | 26-MAR-2004 | Woodruff, Laurel G. | U.S. Geological Survey | Work done in Filemaker |
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