Superior

Past Producer in Houghton county in Michigan, United States with commodities Copper, Silver
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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Mineral rights holdings
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10146072
MAS/MILS ID 0260610043
Record type Site
Current site name Superior

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -88.59945, 47.0767 (WGS84)
Elevation 287
Location accuracy 10(meters)

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 054 N 034 W 15 SWSENE Michigan

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary
Silver Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -88.59945, 47.0767

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Area 24HA
    Field Value
    Total Surface Area (HA) 24
    Date of Last Modification 910418

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1904
Year of first production 1908

Mining district

District name Michigan Native Copper Belt

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Fee Ownership

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    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

    : USGS PROFFESSIONAL PAPER 144.

  • Deposit

    HORE,R.E. AND ALLEN,R.C. (1915) MINERAL RESOURCES OF MICHIGA

  • Deposit

    STATISTICAL TABLES OF PRODUCTION AND VALUE OF MINERAL PRODUC

  • Deposit

    1914 AND PRIOR YEARS, WITH A TREATISE ON MICHIGAN COPPER DEP

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    PART OF ANNUAL REPORT OF GEOLOGICAL AND BIOLOGICAL SURVEY FO

  • Deposit

    PUBLICATION 19, GEOLOGICAL SERIES 16.

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    ALLEN,R.C. (1912) MINERAL-RESOURCES OF MICHIGAN WITH STATIST

  • Deposit

    BLES OF PRODUCTION AND VALUE OF MINERAL PRODUCTS FOR 1910 AN

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    YEARS: PUBLICATION 8,GEOLOGICAL SERIES 6, PART OF THE ANNUA

  • Deposit

    T OF THE BOARD OF THE GEOLOGICAL AND BIOLOGICAL SURVEY FOR 1

  • Deposit

    PARDEE,F.G. (1932) COPPER MINES STATE TAX ASSESSMENT RECORD:

  • Deposit

    HARDENBERG,H.J. (1972) COPPER MINES TAX ASSESSMENT RECORD: 1

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit RESEARCH CONTRACT J0366067, AUGUST,1976-APRIL 30,1978, PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR-JOHN T. WILBAND- MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY GEOLOG TMENT. 14/12/77-RECORD 010 COL 42. MINE HAS BEEN IDLE SINCE 1920. 14/12/77-RECORD 030 COL 47. REFERENCE POINT IS THE MAIN HEAD UT OF FOUR. RECORD 050 FIELD 18-21. DISCOVERY DATE OBSCURE. DATE GIVEN I FOR THE ORGANIZATION OF THE COMPANY. REVIEWED AND REVISED IN MARCH, 1978

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 03-NOV-1983 Michigan State University U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

External references