543-S Deposit

Producer in Keweenaw county in Michigan, United States with commodity Copper
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. Land status
  10. Ownership information
  11. Reserves and resources
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10243632
MRDS ID MP90036
MAS/MILS ID 0260830079
Record type Site
Current site name 543-S Deposit

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -88.05003, 47.3583 (WGS84)
Elevation 217
Location accuracy 250(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Keweenaw(county)

Michigan(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Deer Lake(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 030 W 12 NENE Michigan

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) Jacobsville Sandstone

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant Yes
Mining method Open Stope - Sublevel
Year of first production 1996
Milling method Flotation

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Great Lakes Minerals Inc.
    Interest 50
    Home office Canada
    Year 1995
  • Type Owner
    Owner Brookline Minerals Inc.
    Interest 50
    Home office Canada
    Year 1995
    First year 1994

Comments on the ownership information

  • GREAT LAKES MINERALS INC. ADDRESS: 44 VICTORIA ST, STE 1400, TORONTO, CANADA, M5C 1Y2 PHONE: (416) 864-0856- CANADA CALUMET, MICHIGAN, OFFICE: 906-337-4064.

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1993
    Indicated 1200000mt ore
    Demonstrated 1200000mt ore
    Total resources 1200000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Copper Cu 4 wt-pct Copper Major 1993
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1995
    Demonstrated 1000000mt ore
    Total resources 1000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Copper Cu 4 wt-pct Copper Major 1995

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • AMERICAN MINES HANDBOOK 1994, P. 95.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Reserve-Resource

    SOUTHWESTERN PAY DIRT, #670, 4/95, P.22A.

  • Deposit

    THE NORTHERN MINER, 10-29-90, P.6.

  • Deposit

    SKILLINGS, 5-22-93, P.22.

  • Deposit

    THE NORTHERN MINER, 5-31-93, P.14.

  • Deposit

    THE NORTHERN MINER, 12-2-91, P.15.

  • Deposit

    THE NORTHERN MINER, 7-13-92, P.3.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PROPERTY HAS YET TO BE EVALUATED - (5 MAY 93)

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 11-MAR-1997 Porter, Kenneth E. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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