Clark Manganese Deposit

Past Producer in Keweenaw county in Michigan, United States with commodity Manganese
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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mineral rights holdings
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10194276
MAS/MILS ID 0260830004
Record type Site
Current site name Clark Manganese Deposit

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -87.86503, 47.4569 (WGS84)
Elevation 290

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Keweenaw(county)

Michigan(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Fort Wilkins(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Copper Harbor(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Hancock(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 Keweenaw

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Michigan 058 N 028 W 04 N2 Michigan

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -87.86503, 47.4569

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1881
Year of first production 1881

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown
Type of mineral rights Private Lease

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Leon J Estevant
    Home office France
    Year 1974
  • Type Lessee/Operator
    Owner Nelson, Wilbur
    Home office Michigan
    Year 1974

Comments on the production information

  • 800 TONS OF MN ORE SHIPPED FROM THIS MINE IN 1881, AND 400 T SHIPPED IN 1883

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CONFIDENTIAL FILES, WAR MINERALS EXAMINATIONS,CLARK MINE, MI

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 03-NOV-1983 Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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