| Deposit ID | 10292571 |
|---|---|
| MAS/MILS ID | 0261310013 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Nebraska |
| Alternate or previous names | Caledonia |
| Point of reference | Main Entrance |
|---|---|
| Geographic coordinates: | -89.12007, 46.75 (WGS84) |
| Elevation | 305 |
| Location accuracy | 10(meters) |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Ontonagon(county)
Michigan(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
McKeever(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Ontonagon(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Iron River(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 | Ontonagon |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michigan | 050 N | 039 W | 12 | SENWNE | Michigan |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Copper | Tertiary |
| Main Entrance (1) | -89.12007, 46.75 |
|---|
| Area | 10HA | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| |||||||
| Operation type | Underground |
|---|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1855 |
| Year of first production | 1855 |
| District name | Michigan Native Copper Belt |
|---|
| Type of mineral rights | Fee Ownership |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type | Owner-Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Copper Range Co. |
| Interest | 100 |
| Home office | New York |
| Year | 1977 |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0261310013 |
BUTLER,B.S., BURBANK,W.S. (1929),THE COPPER DEPOSITS OF MICH
SGS PROF. PAPER 144.
WHITE,W.S. (1968), THE NATIVE-COPPER DEPOSITS OF NORTHERN MI
IN ORE DEPOSITS OF THE UNITED STATES, JOHN D. RIDEE-EDITOR.
THE AMER. INST. OF MINING, METALLURGICAL, AND PETROLEUM ENG
BRODERICK,T.M., HOHL,C.D., EIDEMILLER,H.N. (1946), RECENT CO
IONS TO THE GEOLOGY OF THE MICHIGAN COPPER DISTRICT:IN ECONO
LOGY AND THE BULLETIN OF THE SOCIETY OF ECONOMIC GEOLOGISTS.
I.
ALLEN,R.C.(1910), MINERAL RESOURCES OF MICHIGAN: ANNUAL REPO
HE BOARD OF GEOLOGICAL AND BIOLOGICAL SURVEY FOR 1911.
HORE,R.E.(1914), MINERAL RESOURCES OF MICHIGAN: ANNUAL REPOR
E BOARD OF GEOLOGICAL AND BIOLOGICAL SURVEY FOR 1914.
WHITLOW,J.W.(1974), GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE GREENLAND AND ROCKLA
RANGLES, ONTONAGON COUNTY, MICHIGAN: USGS MAP MF-596.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | RESEARCH CONTRACT J0366067, AUGUST,1976-APRIL 30,1978, PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR-JOHN T. WILBAND- MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY. 5/12/77-RECORD 010 COL 42. MINE HAS BEEN IDLE SINCE 1871. 5/12/77-RECORD 012 FIELD 14. CALEDONIA BOUGHT UP NEBRASKA PR S IN 1863. RECORD 050 FIELD 18-21. DISCOVERY DATE OBSCURE. 1855 WAS YEA RST PRODUCTION. REVIEWED AND REVISED IN MARCH, 1978 |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 03-NOV-1983 | Michigan State University | U.S. Bureau of Mines |
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