Presque Isle

Producer in Gogebic county in Michigan, United States with commodity Copper
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Reserves and resources
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10082651
MRDS ID W060095
Record type Site
Current site name Presque Isle
Related records 10291586

Comments on the site names

  • Information for Record Number MP90027 added to record.

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -89.96677, 46.68333 (WGS84)
Relative position LAT/LONG ASSUMED FOR CENTER OF PRESQUE ISLE SYNCLINE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Gogebic(county)

Michigan(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Tiebel Creek(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Michigan Gogebic

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
049N, 050N 045W N6 OF T49N Michigan

Comments on the location information

  • ABOUT 20 MILES WEST OF MINERAL POINT DEPOSIT, ONTONAGON CO., MICHIGAN

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Copper Ore
Chalcocite Ore

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 197
USGS model code 30b
Deposit model name Sediment-hosted Cu
Mark3 model number 63

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Copper Harbor Formation
    Rock description Copper Harbor Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Stenian
    Chronological age 1090
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
    Rock unit name Nonesuch Formation
    Rock description Nonesuch Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Stenian
    Chronological age 1080
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Siltstone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -89.96677, 46.68333

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Series of faults trending northeast. Keweenaw fault; trending northeast alo
Type of structure Local
Structure description Presque Isle syncline, Nonesuch shale: mineralization in organic-rich shale

Ore body information

  • General form STRATABOUND

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Strata

Comments on the geologic information

  • TWO EPISODES OF COPPER MINERALIZATION. HOST: LOWER NONESUCH FORMATION, JUST ABOVE CONTACT WITH SANDSTONE OF THE COPPER HARBOR FORMATION

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Keweenaw Copper

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1991
    Reserves 1100000
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1991
    Reserves 94350000metric tons
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Copper Cu 1.27 wt-pct Copper Major 1991

Comments on development

  • EXPLORED IN 1950'S; EXPLORATORY SHAFT WAS SUNK AND TWO EXPERIMENTAL STOPES WERE OPENED. PROBLEMS WITH SECURING HANGING WALL - PROJECT ABANDONED.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-95 Nicholson, Suzanne U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 28-JUL-98 Sachiko Tanikawa U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAR-97 Sutphin, D.M. U.S. Geological Survey
Editor 01-MAY-97 Mason Jr., G.T. U.S. Geological Survey
Editor 01-JAN-04 Woodruff, Laurel G. U.S. Geological Survey MERGED MP90027
Editor 05-JAN-11 Nicholson, S.W. U.S. Geological Survey Reviewed location

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.