| Deposit ID | 10106201 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | W031530 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Belt Mine (Piscatauqua) |
| Geographic coordinates: | -89.06729, 46.78333 (WGS84) |
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Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Ontonagon(county)
Michigan(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Greenland(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Ontonagon(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Iron River(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 | Ontonagon |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michigan | 051N | 038W | 25 | Michigan |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Copper | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Copper | Ore |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Calcite | Gangue |
| Epidote | Gangue |
| Pumpellyite-(Mg) | Gangue |
| Chlorite | Gangue |
| Feldspar | Gangue |
| Silver | 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 | ||||
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| (1) | -89.06729, 46.78333 |
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| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Keweenaw Copper |
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| Ownership category | Private |
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| Year | 1886 | ||||||||||||||
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| Period | 1848-1886 | ||||||||||||||
| Accuracy | Accurate | ||||||||||||||
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COPPER RANGE CO., UNPUBLISHED, 1968, BEDROCK GEOLOGY MAP OF THE GREENLAND (SE 1/4) QUADRANGLE, ONTONAGON COUNTY, MICHIGAN. GEOLOGY COMPILED AND MAPPED BY COPPER RANGE EXPLORATION CO., INC., AND BY H. HUBBARD (U.S.G.S.)
BUTLER, B.S., AND BURBANK, W.S., 1929, THE COPPER DEPOSITS OF MICHIGAN: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER 144, 238P.
WILBAND, J.T., 1978, THE COPPER RESOURCES OF NORTHERN MICHIGAN; PREPARED FOR THE U.S. BUREAU OF MINES. CONTRACT NO. J0366067, 66P.
BUTLER AND BURBANK (1929)
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | ORIGINAL COMPANY FIRST ORGANIZED IN 1848, WHEN WORK BEGAN. LOCATION WAS FIRST KNOWN AS PISATAUQUA. WORK WAS SUSPENDED IN 1851, RESUMED IN 1852. SOLD TO BOHEMIA IN 1853, WHICH HAD FIRST COMMENCED OPERATIONS ON ANOTHER TRACT IN 1850. REORGANIZED IN 1862 AND WAS WORKED 1862-1866, 1870-1879, AND 1882-1886 AFTER BEING ABSORBED BY BELT IN 1882. BOUGHT AND REORGANIZED IN 1900 BY ARCTIC COPPER MINING CO. SHAFTS WERE DEWATERED IN 1901, BUT WORK WAS SUSPENDED. ACQUIRED BY LAKE COPPER CO. IN 1905, (SEE LAKE MINE REPORT) |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-OCT-1980 | Yeager, Keith (Cannon, W.) | Michigan Geological Survey Division | |
| 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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