North Kearsarge

Past Producer 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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Mineral rights holdings
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10121587
MAS/MILS ID 0260610051
Record type Site
Current site name North Kearsarge
Alternate or previous names Osceola

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -88.40475, 47.8333 (WGS84)
Elevation 320
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Keweenaw(county)

Michigan(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Isle Royale National Park(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Siskiwit Bay(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Hancock C(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

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 056 N 032 W 06 SE Michigan

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Calcite Unknown
Chlorite Unknown
Copper Unknown
Epidote Unknown
Hematite Unknown
Plagioclase Unknown
Pyroxene Unknown
Quartz Unknown
Silver Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -88.40475, 47.8333

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N40E
    Dip 37W
    Thickness 1143M
    Length 9656M
    Width 284M
    Area 390HA
    Depth to top 7M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 FISSURE VEIN
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Type of Orebody #2 DISSEMINATED
    Shape of Orebody #2 LENTICULAR
    Type of Orebody #3 REPLACEMENT
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Primary Ore Control CONTACT ZONE
    Secondary Ore Control FRACTURING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. SLIGHT
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 PROPYLITIC
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #2 BLEACHING
    Strike And Dip N40E:37W
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 7
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Total Surface Area (HA) 390
    Date of Last Modification 780803

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1871
Year of first production 1897

Mining district

District name Michigan Native Copper Belt

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Fee Ownership
Type of mineral rights Minerals Only

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Universal Oil Products
    Interest 100
    Home office Illinois
    Year 1977

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BUTLER,B.S. AND BURBANK,W.S., 1929, THE COPPER DEPOSITS OF M

  • Deposit

    : U.S.G.S. PROF. PAPER 144.

  • Deposit

    WHITE,W.S., 1968, THE NATIVE COPPER DEPOSITS OF MICHIGAN. IN

  • Deposit

    POSITS OF THE UNITED STATES 1933/1967, J.D.RIDGE, ED., AIME,

  • Deposit

    VOL. I, P.303-326.

  • Deposit

    CORNWALL,H.R., RUNNER,J.J., STORMQUIST,A.A., SWANSON,R.H., W

  • Deposit

    A., 1949, DETAILED GEOLOGIC MAPS OF RECENTLY ACTIVE COPPER M

  • Deposit

    OUGHTON AND KEWEENAW COUNTIES, MICH., UNPUB. U.S.G.S. OPEN F

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    ORT.

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    BRODERICK,T.M., ET AL., 1946, RECENT CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE GE

  • Deposit

    F THE MICHIGAN COPPER DISTRICT: ECON. GEOL.,V.41, P.675-725.

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    WHITE,W.S., CORNWALL,H.R. AND SWANSON,R.W., 1953, BEDROCK GE

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    F THE AHMEEK QUADRANGLE, MICHIGAN, U.S.G.S. GEOL. QUAD. MAP

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    MCKEREGHAN,G., 1955, DEVELOPMENT OF NO.4 NORTH KEARSARGE FRO

  • Deposit

    AHMEEK, PRIVATE COMPANY REPORT OF CALUMET AND HECLA.

  • Deposit

    HARDENBERG,H.J., 1956, NORTH KEARSARGE, REPORT TO TAX ASSESS

  • Deposit

    CH. DEPT. NAT. RES., UNPUB. DOCUMENT.

  • Deposit

    HARDENBERG,H.J., 1972, NORTH KEARSARGE, REPORT TO TAX ASSESS

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    BENEDICT,H.C., 1952, RED METAL THE CALUMET AND HECLA STORY,

  • Deposit

    ITY OF MICHIGAN PRESS, ANN ARBOR, 257P.

  • Deposit

    HORE,R.E., 1911, THE COPPER INDUSTRY OF MICHIGAN. IN MINERAL

  • Deposit

    CES OF MICHIGAN, PUB.8, GEOL. SERS.6, MICH. GEOL. BIOL. SURV

  • Deposit

    HORE,R.E., 1914, MICHIGAN COPPER DEPOSITS. IN MINERAL RESOUR

  • Deposit

    MICHIGAN, PUB.19, GEOL. SERS.16, MICH. GEOL. BIOC. SURV.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit RESEARCH CONTRACT J0366067, AUGUST,1976-APRIL 30,1978, PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR-JOHN T. WILBAND- MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY. 12-28-77 RECORD 070 FIELD 35-38, 46-49,57-60, 68-71 AND RECO FIELD 24-27, 35-38, 46-49 -THESE AMOUNTS ARE BASED ON AVERAGE THIS AREA. 12-28-77 RECORD 030 FIELD 61-62 -THE SHAFTS OF THE MINE LAY SECTIONS6 AND 7. 12-28-77 RECORD 030 COLUMN 47 -MEASUREMENTS TAKEN FROM SHAFT OCATED IN APPROXIMATE GEOGRAPHIC CENTER OF NORTH KEARSARGE M FTS. 12-29-77 RECORD 080 FIELD 53-58, 63-68, 72-75 -THESE MEASURE RE FOR THE ENTIRE KEARSARGE LODE,THE LENGTH MINED AT NORTH K E WAS APPROXIMATELY 1609 METERS, SEE THE U.S.G.S. AHMEEK QUA 12-29-77 RECORD 011 FIELD 47-53 -FROM HORE,R.E., 1914, P.136 12-28-77 RECORD 060 FIELD 14-36 -ORE IS CONTAINED IN THE KEA ANYGDALOIDAL LODE. RECORD 060 FIELD 14-36. THE ABBREVIATION P.L.L.S.=PORTAGE LA SERIES. RECORD 060 FIELD 51-53. ROCK TYPE#1 IS A PORPHORITIC AMYGDALOIDAL BASALT.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-FEB-1984 Drescher, Theodore A. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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