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Mayflower Old Colony Mine

Past Producer in Houghton county in Michigan, United States with commodities Copper, Silver
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  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. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10082871
MRDS ID W062235
Record type Site
Current site name Mayflower Old Colony Mine
Alternate or previous names Mayflower, Old Colony

Comments on the site names

  • THE MAYFLOWER OLD COLONY CO. WAS FORMED BY A CONSOLIDATION OF THE TWO PROPERTIES INDICATED IN THE NAME.

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -88.39477, 47.25667 (WGS84)
Relative position ABOUT 2 MILES SSW OF COPPER CITY, MI.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Houghton(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Michigan Houghton

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
56N 32W 8, 17 Michigan

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION OF SHAFT NO. 1.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Silver Secondary

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 Kearsarge Amygdaloid
    Rock description Kearsarge Amygdaloid
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Stenian
    Chronological age 1095
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type
    Rock unit name Portage Lake Volcanics
    Rock description Portage Lake Volcanics
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Stenian
    Chronological age 1095

Nearby scientific data

(1) -88.39477, 47.25667
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Amygdaloidal basalt flow top

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE KEARSARGE AMYGDALOID RANGES FROM ONE THICK FLOW TO FIVE THINNER FLOWS. THE OPHITIC BASALT FLOW IS LOCALLY PORPHYRITIC.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Keweenaw Copper

Comments on the workings information

  • KEARSARGE WAS ONE OF THE RICHEST LODES - ESPECIALLY NEAR HANGING WALL. LODE AVERAGES 6-13 FEET THICK IN AREA OF MINING ACTIVITY.

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

    WHITE, W.S., CORNWALL, H.R., AND SWANSON, R.W., 1953, BEDROCK GEOLOGY OF THE AHMEEK QUADRANGLE; USGS MAP GQ-27, SCALE 1:24000

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit COPPER GRADE IN THE PRODUCTIVE PART OF THE KEARSARGE LODE APPEARS TO HAVE BEEN AS RICH AT OR VERY NEAR THE OUTCROP AS AT GREATER DEPTH, BUT THE REMAINDER OF THE LODE WAS RELATIVELY POOR AT THE SURFACE. AREAS OF LOW GRADE ORE NEAR THE SURFACE ARE COINCIDENT WITH AREAS OF RELATIVELY THIN OR CELLULAR, IMPERMEABLE LODE ROCKS.

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

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