| Deposit ID | 10170511 |
|---|---|
| MAS/MILS ID | 0260830020 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Cliff |
| Alternate or previous names | North Cliff, South Cliff |
| Point of reference | Main Entrance |
|---|---|
| Geographic coordinates: | -88.31424, 47.3739 (WGS84) |
| Elevation | 335 |
| Location accuracy | 10(meters) |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Keweenaw(county)
Michigan(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Mohawk(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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Michigan | Keweenaw |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michigan | 058 N | 032 W | 36 | SWSESW | Michigan |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Copper | Tertiary |
| Silver | Tertiary |
| Main Entrance (1) | -88.31424, 47.3739 |
|---|
| Area | 81HA | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| |||||||
| Operation type | Underground |
|---|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1844 |
| Year of first production | 1847 |
| 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 | Universal Oil Products |
| Interest | 100 |
| Home office | Illinois |
| Year | 1978 |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0260830020 |
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.V
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 REPOR
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.
PARDEE,F.G. (1929,1931,1932,1940), PRIVATE REPORT TO THE STA
ASSESSOR: STATE OF MICHIGAN.
DAVIDSON,E.S., ESPENSHADE,G.H., WHITE,W.S., WRIGHT,J.C. (195
OCK GEOLOGY OF THE MOHAWK QUADRANGLE, MICHIGAN: USGS DEPARTM
THE INTERIOR.
CORNWALL,H.R. (1954), BEDROCK GEOLOGY OF THE PHOENIX QUADRAN
CHIGAN: USGS DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | RESEARCH CONTRACT J0366067, AUGUST,1976-APRIL 30,1978, PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR-JOHN T. WILBAND- MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY. RECORD 011,012 FIELDS 47-79.AND 14-46. THESE MINES ARE SEPAR KINGS ON THE CLIFF FISSURE. ALL THREE MINES WORKED THE SAME S, BUT IT IS UNKNOWN WHETHER THEY ARE CONNECTED UNDERGROUND. RECORD 050 FIELD 18-21. DISCOVERY DATE UNCERTAIN. 1844 IS DA RGANIZATION OF ORIGINAL MINING COMPANY. RECORD 050 FIELD 26-29. 1887 IS GIVEN AS THE DATE OF LAST PR N BY BUTLER AND BURBANK.(1929). WE KNOW HOWEVER THAT THIS PR WAS SOLD TO ANOTHER COMPANY IN 1910 AND SOMETIME LATER WAS A D BY THE CALUMET AND HECLA COMPANY. THIS PROPERTY THEN BECAM PLORATION PROJECT THAT INCLUDED THE CLIFF AND PHOENIX MINES. S DO NOT INDICATE ANY PRODUCTION SINCE 1887 HOWEVER. RECORD 050 FIELDS 34-37 AND 42-45 THERE IS SOME QUESTION AS VALIDITY OF THESE DATES, AS WE KNOW THAT THERE WAS DIAMOND D GOING ON UNTIL AT LEAST 1939. RECORD 030 COL 47. LOCATION CITED IS THE HEADFRAME OF THE #2 REVIEWED AND REVISED IN MARCH, 1978 |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 03-NOV-83 | Michigan State University | U.S. Bureau of Mines |
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