(Facility) White Pine Copper Smelter

Plant in Ontonagon county in Michigan, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Silver
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  8. Ownership information
  9. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10194380
MAS/MILS ID 0261319003
Record type Site
Current site name (Facility) White Pine Copper Smelter
Alternate or previous names White Pine Copper Div

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -89.46259, 46.7633 (WGS84)
Elevation 259

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Ontonagon(county)

Michigan(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Green(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Ontonagon(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Iron River(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Black-Presque Isle(hydrologic unit)

Southcentral Lake Superior(hydrologic accounting unit)

Southern Lake Superior(hydrologic subregion)

Great Lakes(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Ottawa National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Michigan Ontonagon

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Gold Tertiary
Silver Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -89.46259, 46.7633

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Processing Plant
Development status Plant
Commodity type Metallic
Significant Yes
Plant type Smelter

Ownership information

  • Type Unknown
    Owner Copper Range Co.
    Year 1981

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CONCENTRATOR, SMELTER & REFINERY--COPPER & SILVER

  • Deposit

    ASSOC WITH THE WHITE PINE MINE (MSHA2000371)

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 07-OCT-1996 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.