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Susie Island Copper Veins

Past Producer in Cook county in Minnesota, United States with commodities Copper, Silver
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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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mineral rights holdings
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10267733
MAS/MILS ID 0270310020
Record type Site
Current site name Susie Island Copper Veins
Alternate or previous names Susie Island Silver Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -89.57539, 47.9775 (WGS84)
Elevation 189
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cook(county)

Minnesota(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Pigeon Point(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Grand Portage(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Hancock(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Southern Lake Superior(hydrologic subregion)

Great Lakes(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Minnesota Cook

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
4th Principal 064 N 007 E 32 SWSESE Minnesota

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Bornite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Covellite Ore
Chalcocite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Barite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite > Diabase
    Rock unit name Grand Portage diabase dike
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mesoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -89.57539, 47.9775
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • VEINS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Other

Land status

Ownership category Mixed

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GEOLOGY OF COOK COUNTY MINNESOTA GEOL SUR BUL NO

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 18-NOV-1983 Weaton, G. U.S. Bureau of Mines
Editor 24-FEB-2005 Woodruff, L.G. U.S. Geological Survey

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