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Kingston

Past Producer in Keweenaw county in Michigan, United States with commodity Copper
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Mineral rights holdings
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Production statistics
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10219521
MRDS ID W060047
MAS/MILS ID 0260830011
Record type Site
Current site name Kingston
Related records 10082612

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -88.38475, 47.2911 (WGS84)
Elevation 268
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Keweenaw(county)

Michigan(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Ahmeek(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 Keweenaw

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Michigan 057 N 032 W 32 SENWSE Michigan

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Calcite Unknown
Chalcocite Unknown
Copper Unknown
Epidote Unknown
Hematite Unknown
Orthoclase Unknown
Quartz Unknown
Sericite Unknown
Silver Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -88.38475, 47.2911
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N37E
    Dip 38N
    Thickness 12M
    Length 1200M
    Width 3900M
    Area 10HA
    Depth to top 1950M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 OTHER
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Type of Orebody #2 REPLACEMENT
    Shape of Orebody #2 LENTICULAR
    Type of Orebody #3 DISSEMINATED
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Primary Ore Control LITHOLOGY
    Secondary Ore Control FRACTURING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. SLIGHT
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 PROPYLITIC
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #2 BLEACHING
    Strike And Dip N37E:38N
    Minimum Depth to Top 6.6
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 12.2
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 2.1
    Total Surface Area (HA) 10
    Date of Last Modification 790110

Comments on the geologic information

  • MINERAL WEIGHT PERCENTAGES FROM WILBAND, REFERENCE M001-002.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Large
Significant Yes
Discovery year 1962
Year of first production 1963

Mining district

District name Michigan Native Copper Belt

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Minerals Only
Type of mineral rights Private Lease

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Universal Oil Products
    Interest 100
    Home office Illinois
    Year 1978

Comments on the ownership information

  • THE PROPERTY IS LEASED TO HOMESTAKE COPPER COMPANY AND INCO, LTD., ON A 60-40 PERCENTAGE PARTNERSHIP BASIS.

Production statistics

  • Year 1963
    Description 1.14% Recoverable Copper In Ore 264790 Mt Ore Milled
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Copper Copper 264790mt 1wt-pct
  • Year 1964
    Description 0.66% Recoverable Copper In Ore 433000 Mt Ore Milled
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Copper Copper 433000mt 1wt-pct
  • Year 1965
    Description 1.00% Recoverable Copper In Ore 609540 Mt Ore Milled
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Copper Copper 609540mt 1wt-pct
  • Year 1966
    Description 0.89% Recoverable Copper In Ore 2649760 Mt Ore Milled
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Copper Copper 5469760mt 1wt-pct
  • Year 1967
    Description 1.02% Recoverable Copper In Ore 3301410 Mt Ore Milled
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Copper Copper 3301410mt 1wt-pct
  • Year 1968
    Description 0.99% Recoverable Copper In Ore 2156280 Mt Ore Milled
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Copper Copper 2156280mt 1wt-pct

Comments on the production information

  • SEE REFERENCES Q001-4 FOR SOURCE OF PRODUCTION DATA.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • M3=N/CUM (MATRIX 3 IS NONCUMULATIVE). MATRIX 3 CONTAINS THE RESERVES ESTIMATED BY COMPANY OFFICIALS AT THE TIME OF CLOSING OF THE MINE IN 1968. MEASURED = 90%. INDICATED = 75%. INFERRED = 50%. FIGURES ARE FOR A DILUTION FACTOR OF 14.3% AND AN EXTRACTION RATE OF 80%. MATRIX 2 IS ESTIMATE BY WILBAND, PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR FOR BUMINES CONTRACT J0366067,IBASED ON MATRIX 3, BUT MORE CONSERVATIVE. M3C1ROW1=M2C1ROW2, M3C1ROW1 PLUS M3C1ROW2=M2C1ROW3,M3CIROW1 PLUS M3C1ROW2 PLUS M3C1 ROW3=M2C1ROW4 AND M2C1ROW5. MATRIX 1 IS ESTIMATE JUNE, 1978. RESERVES IN MATRIX WERE CALCULATED FROM MATRIX 2 BY ASSUMING 100 % EXTRACTION AND 0% DILUTION, AS WOULD BE POSSIBLE WITH CUT AND FILL MINING.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 3500M
    Overall depth 366M
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method PROPOSED
    Mining Method HORIZ CUT & FILL W/WASTE ROCK 10-60
    Swell Factor .54
    Percent Waste Rock 0
    Percent Recovery 100
    Hardness of Rock HARDROCK WITH LITTLE WATER
    Rock Characteristics ONE SYSTEM OF WEAKNESS PLANES
    Rock Support Chars. SUPPORTING MAY BACK SLAB
    Mine Support Chars. POST, HEADBOARD, CAPS, ROOF BOLTS
    Number of Shafts 1
    Capacity 1000
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Unit Production Cost 29.54
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Operating Days per Year 250
    Operating Shifts per Day 2
    Year of Information 1968

Comments on the workings information

  • ENVIRONMENTAL SENSITIVITY OF LAND AND WATER TO MINERAL EXTRACTION IS RATED MODERATE IN BOTH LONG AND SHORT TERM BECAUSE OF SIZE OF TAILINGS DISPOSAL AREA AND BECAUSE OF THE HIGH SALINITY OF MINE WATERS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Geology

    BUTLER, B.S. AND W.S. BURBANK. THE COPPER DEPOSITS OF MICH-

  • Geology

    IGAN. U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER NO. 144, 1929, 238

  • Geology

    PP. PLUS SEPARATE PLATES.

  • Geology

    HUBBARD, H.A. LOWER KEWEENAWAN VOLCANIC ROCKS OF MICHIGAN

  • Geology

    AND WISCONSIN. U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY J. RES., V. 3, NO. 5,

  • Geology

    SEPT.-OCT.,1975, PP. 529-541.

  • Geology

    WEEGE, R.J., ET AL. THE GEOLOGY OF TWO NEW MINES IN THE NA-

  • Geology

    TIVE COPPER DISTRICT OF MICHIGAN. ECON. GEOL., V. 67,

  • Geology

    1972, PP. 622-633.

  • Geology

    WHITE, W.S., ED. GUIDEBOOK FOR FIELD CONFERENCE, MICHIGAN

  • Geology

    COPPER DISTRICT. MICHIGAN TECH. UNIV. PRESS, 1971,82PP

  • Deposit

    WEEGE, R.J., AND J.P. POLLOCK. EXPLORATION METHODS IN THE COPPER COUNTRY, KEWEENAW PENINSULA, MICHIGAN. CHAPTER IN PAPERS PRESENTED AT THE AIME PACIFIC SOUTHWEST MINERAL INDUSTRY CONFERENCE, SPARKS, NEVADA, MAY 5-7,1965, SESSION ON NORTH AMERICAN EXPLORATION AND MINE DEVELOPMENT; NEVADA BUREAU OF MINES REPT. 13, PT. C, 1966, PP. 51-61.

  • Deposit

    WILBAND, J.T. THE COPPER RESOURCES OF NORTHERN MICHIGAN. BUMINES MINERALS AVAILABILITY SYSTEM CONTRACT NO. J0366 067, UNPUBL. FINAL REPT., 1978, 66 PP.; COPY AT E.F.O.C

  • Deposit

    BUMINES MINERALS AVAILABILITY SYSTEM CONTRACT NO. J0366

  • Deposit

    067, UNPUBL. FINAL REPT., 1978, 66 PP.; COPY AT E.F.O.C

  • Geology

    WILBAND, J.T. PETROGRAPHIC STUDIES OF KEWENAW ROCKS. UN-

  • Geology

    PUBLISHED, 1970.

  • Reserve-Resource

    WILBAND, J.T. STUDY TO EVALUATE THE COPPER AND SILVER DE-

  • Reserve-Resource

    POSITS IN THE STATE OF MICHIGAN. BUMINES MINERALS

  • Reserve-Resource

    AVAILABILITY SYSTEM CONTRACT NO. J0366067 (MICHIGAN

  • Reserve-Resource

    STATE UNIV.), UNPUBLISHED DEPOSIT FILES, 1978.

  • Deposit

    BRODERICK, T.N. AND C.D. HOHL. THE MICHIGAN COPPER DIST-

  • Deposit

    RICT. CHAPTER IN COPPER RESOURCES OF THE WORLD, INTER-

  • Deposit

    NAT. GEOL. CONG., WASHINGTON, D.C., 1935, PP. 271-284.

  • Deposit

    CALUMET AND HECLA 1963 ANNUAL REPORT.

  • Deposit

    CALUMET AND HECLA 1964 ANNUAL REPORT.

  • Deposit

    CALUMET AND HECLA 1967 ANNUAL REPORT

  • Deposit

    UNIVERSAL OIL PRODUCTS COMPANY ANNUAL REPORT 1968

  • Deposit

    WHITE, W.S. THE NATIVE COPPER DEPOSITS OF NORTHERN MICHI-

  • Deposit

    GAN. CHAPTER IN ORE DEPOSITS OF THE UNITED STATES,

  • Deposit

    1933-1967, ED. BY J.D. RIDGE, AIME, V. 1, 1968, PP.

  • Deposit

    303-325.

  • Deposit

    AASE, J. MICHIGAN NATIVE COPPER AVAILABILITY STUDY. RE-

  • Deposit

    SERVES PORTION OF UNPUBLISHED BUMINES REPT., 1971,42PP.

  • Deposit

    BROOKS, T.S., R. PUMPELLY, AND C. ROMINGER. UPPER PENIN-

  • Deposit

    SULA, 1869-1873. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF MICHIGAN, V.1, 1873,

  • Deposit

    567 PP.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 21-MAR-1995 Drescher, Theodore A. U.S. Bureau of Mines

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