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Owl Creek Fissure Mine

Past Producer in Keweenaw 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. Mineral occurrence model information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Ownership information
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10310114
MRDS ID LW00114
Record type Site
Current site name Owl Creek Fissure Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -88.19365, 47.43111 (WGS84)
Relative position EAGLE HARBOR

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Keweenaw(county)

Michigan(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Eagle Harbor(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 58N 31W 13 NW Michigan

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

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) -88.19365, 47.43111
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Syncline

Ore body information

  • Name OWL CREEK FISSURE
    General form IRREGULAR

Comments on the geologic information

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

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Year of first production 1854
Year of last production 1882

Mining district

District name Keweenaw Copper District

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Copper Falls Mining Co.

Comments on the workings information

  • UNDERGROUND FISSURE MINING METHOD; 5 LISTED SHAFTS WITH 3 ADITS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    JOHNSON, A.M. AND GROTH, E.H., 1998, INVENTORY OF UNDERGROUND MINES, KEWEENAW COUNTY, P. 78-82, SITE ID # 420069, MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit RECORDED AS STEEPLY DIPPING. OWL CREEK FISSURE MINE TRAVERSED THE OWL CREEK ASHBED (TABULAR STRATA) MINE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 05-AUG-2002 Anderson, Arlene (M. Gere) Michigan Department of Natural Resources

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