| Deposit ID | 10219630 |
|---|---|
| MAS/MILS ID | 0260830022 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Iroquois |
| Point of reference | Ore Body |
|---|---|
| Geographic coordinates: | -88.35695, 47.3236 (WGS84) |
| Elevation | 341 |
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 | 057 N | 032 W | 22 | SENW | Michigan |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Copper | Tertiary |
| Silver | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Calcite | Unknown |
| Chlorite | Unknown |
| Copper | Unknown |
| Epidote | Unknown |
| Hematite | Unknown |
| Plagioclase | Unknown |
| Prehnite | Unknown |
| Pyroxene | Unknown |
| Quartz | Unknown |
| Silver | Unknown |
| Ore Body (1) | -88.35695, 47.3236 |
|---|
| Strike | N43E | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dip | 33N | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Thickness | 2M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Length | 2012M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Width | 1535M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Area | 194HA | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Depth to top | 320M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Operation type | Underground |
|---|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1942 |
| Year of first production | 1956 |
| District name | Michigan Native Copper Belt |
|---|
| 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 | 1977 |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0260830022 |
BUTLER,B.S. AND BURBANK,W.S., 1929, THE COPPER DEPOSITS OF M
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A., 1945, DETAILED GEOLOGIC MAPS OF RECENTLY ACTIVE COPPER M
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THE MICHIGAN COPPER DISTRICT: ECON. GEOL., VOL.41, P.675-725
DAVIDSON,E.S., ESPENSHADE,G.H., WHITE,W.S. AND WRIGHT,J.C.,
EDROCK GEOLOGY OF THE MOHAWK QUADRANGLE, MICHIGAN: U.S.G.S.
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PARDEE, F.G., 1943, IROQUOIS, REPORT TO TAX ASSESSORS: MICH.
NAT. RES., UNPUB. DOCUMENT.
BENEDICT,H.C., 1952, RED METAL THE CALUMET AND HECLA STORY,
ICH. PRESS, ANN ARBOR, 257P.
HARDENBERG,H.J., 1957, IROQUOIS, REPORT TO MICH. TAX ASSESSO
H. DEPT. NAT. RES., UNPUB. DOCUMENT.
HARDENBERG,H.J., 1958, IROQUOIS, REPORT TO TAX ASSESSOR: MIC
. NAT. RES., UNPUB. DOCUMENT.
HARDENBERG,H.J., 1972, IROQUOIS, REPORT TO TAX ASSESSORS: MI
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| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 27-FEB-1984 | Drescher, Theodore A. | U.S. Bureau of Mines |
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