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Wheal Kate Prospect

Prospect in Houghton county in Michigan, United States with commodity Copper
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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. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Ownership information
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10310083
MRDS ID LW00083
Record type Site
Current site name Wheal Kate Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -88.65589, 47.06889 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position PORTAGE TOWNSHIP

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 54N 34W 17 NE OF NE Michigan

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Copper Ore

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 96
USGS model code Unassigned
Deposit model name Native Cu
Mark3 model number 99

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Mafic Volcanic Rock > Basalt
    Rock unit name Portage Lake Volcanics
    Rock description Portage Lake Volcanics
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Stenian
    Chronological age 1095

Nearby scientific data

(1) Portage Lake Volcanics
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Syncline

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Comments on the geologic information

  • ALTERNATE BASALT FLOWS, BRECCIATED BASALT FLOW, AMYGDALOIDAL BASALTS, AND/OR INTERFLOW CONGLOMERATES. VARIES WITH LOCATION.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Prospect
Significant No
Year of first production 1851

Mining district

District name Keweenaw Copper District

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Whealkate Mining Co., Alias Palmer

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    JOHNSON, A.M. AND GROTH, E.H., 1998, INVENTORY OF UNDERGROUND MINES, HOUGHTON COUNTY, SITE ID 310075, MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit QUOTE FOUND IN OLD RECORDS STATES "MINE SHOULD BE DUG UP AND PRESERVED FOR ENGRAVING ON THE MIND OF THOSE WHO WOULD BE ADMONISHED, AS THE FINEST EXAMPLE OF HOW NOT TO DO IT"

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-02 Anderson, Arlene (M. Gere) Michigan Department of Natural Resources

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