| Deposit ID | 10146334 |
|---|---|
| MAS/MILS ID | 0261310026 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Superior |
| Point of reference | Main Entrance |
|---|---|
| Geographic coordinates: | -89.14787, 46.74 (WGS84) |
| Elevation | 372 |
| Location accuracy | 10(meters) |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Ontonagon(county)
Michigan(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Rockland(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 | 050 N | 039 W | 11 | NESESW | Michigan |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Copper | Tertiary |
| Main Entrance (1) | -89.14787, 46.74 |
|---|
| Area | 40HA | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| |||||||
| Operation type | Underground |
|---|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1855 |
| Year of first production | 1860 |
| District name | Michigan Native Copper Belt |
|---|
| Type of mineral rights | Private Lease |
|---|---|
| Type of mineral rights | Fee Ownership |
| Type of mineral rights | Minerals Only |
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Copper Range Co. |
| Interest | 100 |
| Home office | New York |
| Year | 1978 |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0261310026 |
BUTLER,B.S., BURBANK,W.S. (1929),THE COPPER DEPOSITS OF MICH
SGS PROF. PAPER 144.
WHITE,W.S. (1968), THE NATIVE-COPPER DEPOSITS OF NORTHERN MI
IN ORE DEPOSITS OF THE UNITED STATES, JOHN D. RIDEE-EDITOR.
THE AMER. INST. OF MINING, METALLURGICAL, AND PETROLEUM ENG
BRODERICK,T.M., HOHL,C.D., EIDEMILLER,H.N. (1946), RECENT CO
IONS TO THE GEOLOGY OF THE MICHIGAN COPPER DISTRICT:IN ECONO
LOGY AND THE BULLETIN OF THE SOCIETY OF ECONOMIC GEOLOGISTS.
I.
ALLEN,R.C.(1910), MINERAL RESOURCES OF MICHIGAN: ANNUAL REPO
HE BOARD OF GEOLOGICAL AND BIOLOGICAL SURVEY FOR 1911.
HORE,R.E.(1914), MINERAL RESOURCES OF MICHIGAN: ANNUAL REPOR
E BOARD OF GEOLOGICAL AND BIOLOGICAL SURVEY FOR 1914.
WHITLOW,J.W. (1974), GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE GREELAND AND ROCKLA
RANGLES, ONTONAGON COUNTY, MICHIGAN: USGS MAP MF-596.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | RESEARCH CONTRACT J0366067, AUGUST,1976-APRIL 30,1978, PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR-JOHN T. WILBAND- MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY. RECORD 011 FIELD 14-46. THIS MINE, WHICH IS IN ONTONAGON COU OULD NOT BE CONFUSED WITH THE SUPERIOR MINE IN HOUGHTON COUN RECORD 050 FIELD 18-21. DISCOVERY DATE OBSCURE. THIS IS THE ORGANIZATION OF THE COMPANY. RECORD 050 FIELD 26-29. ACCORDING TO THE PRODUCTION RECORD IN AND BURBANK, 1879 WAS THE DATE OF LAST PRODUCTION. HOWEVER, NE WAS SOLD TO MICHIGAN MINING COMPANY IN 1899, AND THE HIST UNCLEAR AFTER THAT DATE. REVIEWED AND REVISED IN MARCH, 1978 |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 03-NOV-1983 | Michigan State University | U.S. Bureau of Mines |
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