| Deposit ID | 10082836 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | W062193 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Lac La Belle Exploration |
| Geographic coordinates: | -87.80419, 47.42222 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 274 |
| Location accuracy | 100(meters) |
| Relative position | ABOUT 1 MI NORTH OF HOAR LAKE. |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Keweenaw(county)
Michigan(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Fort Wilkins(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Copper Harbor(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Hancock(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 | 058N | 029W | 13 | Michigan |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Copper | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Copper | Ore |
| Calcite | Gangue |
| Prehnite | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Datolite | Gangue |
| Laumontite | Gangue |
| Epidote | Gangue |
| Chlorite | 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) | -87.80419, 47.42222 |
|---|
| General form | FISSURE |
|---|
| Operation type | Surface-Underground |
|---|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discoverer | Lac La Belle Co. |
| Year of first production | 1850 |
| District name | Keweenaw Copper |
|---|
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Lac La Belle Co. |
| First year | 1850 |
| Last year | 1865 |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Mendota Mining Co. |
| First year | 1866 |
| Year | 1850 | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Accuracy | Accurate | ||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||
| Type of workings | Surface/Underground |
|---|---|
| Overall depth | 91.44M |
BUTLER, B.S., AND BURBANK, W.S., 1929, THE COPPER DEPOSITS OF MICHIGAN: USGS PROF PAPER NO. 144, 238 PP.
ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL, 1890, OCT. 18, P. 448.
CORNWALL, H. R., 1955, BEDROCK GEOLOGY OF THE FORT WILKINS QUADRANGLE, MICHIGAN: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, GEOLOGIC QUADRANGLE MAPS OF THE UNITED STATES, GQ 74, 1:24,000.
BUTLER AND BURBANK, 1929
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | MENDOTA MINING CO. TOOK OVER MINING OF THE PROPERTY IN 1866 AND SANK A 300 FT SHAFT HAVING 700 FT OF DRIFTING BEFORE OPERATIONS WERE SUSPENDED. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-JAN-96 | Sutphin, D.M. (Cannon, W.F.) | 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 |
Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.