Atlantic Section 16 Exploration

Prospect in Houghton 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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Ownership information
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10082851
MRDS ID W062210
Record type Site
Current site name Atlantic Section 16 Exploration

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -88.61866, 47.07 (WGS84)
Relative position ADAMS TOWNSHIP

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Houghton(county)

Michigan(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Chassell(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Michigan Houghton

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Michigan 54N 34W 16 Michigan

Comments on the location information

  • SHAFT NEAR SE CORNER OF SEC 16.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • COPPER ARSENIDE MINERALS OCCUR WITH NATIVE COPPER IN FISSURES THAT CROSS-CUT NATIVE COPPER DEPOSITS.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Copper Ore
Feldspar Gangue
Epidote Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Calcite Gangue

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 96
USGS model code Unassigned
Deposit model name Native Cu
Mark3 model number 99

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Mafic Volcanic Rock > Basalt
    Rock unit name Portage Lake Volcanics
    Rock description Portage Lake Volcanics
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Stenian
    Chronological age 1095

Nearby scientific data

(1) -88.61866, 47.07

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Syncline

Ore body information

  • Name BALTIC LODE
    General form TABULAR

Comments on the geologic information

  • AFTER PRODUCTION ON THE ATLANTIC LODE CEASED, THIS SHAFT WAS OPENED TO EXPLORE THE BALTIC AMYGDALOID LODE, BUT LITTLE ORE WAS FOUND. EXPLORATION CONTINUED UNTIL 1911.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1907

Mining district

District name Keweenaw Copper

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Atlantic Mining Co.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BUTLER, B.S., AND BURBANK, W.S., 1929, THE COPPER DEPOSITS OF MICHIGAN: USGS PROF PAPER NO. 144, 238 PP.

  • Deposit

    JOHNSON, A.M. AND GROTH, E.H., 1998, INVENTORY OF UNDERGROUND MINES, HOUGHTON COUNTY, P. 31-32, MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit AFTER THE MAIN ATLANTIC MINE HAD MASSIVE AIR BLASTS AND CAVE-INS THAT SHUT THE MINE DOWN, THIS MINE WAS BEGUN BY ATLANTIC MINING CO. BUT DID NOT PROVE SUCCESSFUL. WAS TO EXPLOIT THE POSSIBLE EXTENSION OF BALTIC LODE BUT WAS NOT PRODUCTIVE IN THIS AREA.
Deposit NORTH EXTENSION BEYOND BALTIC MINE ON ATLANTIC PROPERTY

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1996 Sutphin, D.M. (Cannon, W.F.) 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
Editor 06-AUG-2002 Anderson, Arlene (M. Gere) Michigan Department of Natural Resources

Beyond USGS

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