Atlantic

Past Producer in Houghton 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. Mining district
  10. Mineral rights holdings
  11. Land status
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10267809
MAS/MILS ID 0260610039
Record type Site
Current site name Atlantic

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -88.62725, 47.0989 (WGS84)
Elevation 311
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Houghton(county)

Michigan(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

South Range(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 Houghton

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Michigan 054 N 034 W 04 SESESW Michigan

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) Copper Harbor Conglomerate

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1865
Year of first production 1866

Mining district

District name Michigan Native Copper Belt

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown
Type of mineral rights Unknown
Type of mineral rights Unknown

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BUTLER,B.S., BURBANK,W.S. (1929),THE COPPER DEPOSITS OF MICH

  • Deposit

    SGS PROF. PAPER 144.

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    WHITE,W.S. (1968), THE NATIVE-COPPER DEPOSITS OF NORTHERN MI

  • Deposit

    IN ORE DEPOSITS OF THE UNITED STATES, JOHN D. RIDEE-EDITOR.

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    THE AMER. INST. OF MINING, METALLURGICAL, AND PETROLEUM ENG

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    BRODERICK,T.M., HOHL,C.D., EIDEMILLER,H.N. (1946), RECENT CO

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    IONS TO THE GEOLOGY OF THE MICHIGAN COPPER DISTRICT:IN ECONO

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    LOGY AND THE BULLETIN OF THE SOCIETY OF ECONOMIC GEOLOGISTS,

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    I.

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    ALLEN,R.C.(1910), MINERAL RESOURCES OF MICHIGAN: ANNUAL REPO

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    HE BOARD OF GEOLOGICAL AND BIOLOGICAL SURVEY FOR 1911.

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    HORE,R.E.(1914), MINERAL RESOURCES OF MICHIGAN: ANNUAL REPOR

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    E BOARD OF GEOLOGICAL AND BIOLOGICAL SURVEY FOR 1914.

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    USGS, (1946), TOPOGRAPHIC MAP OFTSOUTH RANGE QUADRANGLE, HOU

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    OUNTY, MICHIGAN: US DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR.

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    USGS,(1946), TOPOGRAPHIC MAP OF THE CHASSEL QUADRANGLE, HOUG

  • Deposit

    UNTY, MICHIGAN: UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR.

  • Deposit

    VAN HISE & LEITH 1911 US GEOL SUR MONOGRAPH 52, P577, MAP49

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit RESEARCH CONTRACT J0366067, AUGUST,1976-APRIL 30,1978, PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR-JOHN T. WILBAND- MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY. RECORD 020 FIELD 79-80. OWNERSHIP OF THIS LAND IS NOW ALL PR THERE ARE NO MINERAL INTEREST. RECORD 030 COL 47. REFERENCE POINT CITED IS THE CENTER HEADF THE DEPOSIT. RECORD 040 COLS.50-69. ENVIRONMENTAL SENSITIVITY TO MINERAL ION AND SURFACE AREA POTENTIALLY DISTURBED SHOULD NOT EVEN B DERED IN THIS CASE BECAUSE IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO RE-OPEN THIS HE MINE SHAFTS AND LEVELS WERS ALL CLOSED BY CAVING CAUSED B QUAKES IN 1906. AS OF 1977, THE AREA IS STILL STRUCTURALLY U . RECORD 050 FIELD 18-21. YEAR OF DISCOVERY IS OBSCURE. THE DA N IS THAT YEAR IN WHICH WORK BEGAN. RECORD 050 FIELD 79-80. THIS MINE WAS FOREVER CLOSED IN MAY, E TO CAVING CAUSED BY AN EARTHQUAKE. REVIEWED AND REVISED IN MARCH, 1978

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 03-NOV-1983 Michigan State University U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

External references