Resolute Mine

Past Producer in Keweenaw 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. 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 10310117
MRDS ID LW00117
Record type Site
Current site name Resolute Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -88.0342, 47.42972 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 100(meters)
Relative position EAGLE HARBOR; 60 YDS OFF NEW US 41 ON WEST SIDE, LAT/LONG IS BASED ON CENTER POINT OF MINE, LAT/LONG IS BASED ON CENTER POINT OF MINE, LAT/LONG IS BASED ON CENTER POINT OF MINE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Keweenaw(county)

Michigan(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Delaware(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 29W 18 NE OF NW Michigan

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Copper Ore
Quartz Gangue
Datolite Gangue

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) -88.0342, 47.42972

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Syncline

Ore body information

  • Name RESOLUTE FISSURE VEIN
    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
Significant No
Year of first production 1864
Year of last production 1901

Mining district

District name Keweenaw Copper District

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Resolute Mining Co.
    First year 1864
    Last year 1868
  • Type Owner
    Owner Resolute Copper Co (1899) - Opened/Dewatered/Quit (1901)
    First year 1899
    Last year 1901
  • Type Operator
    Owner Keweenaw Copper Co.,

Comments on the workings information

  • DEVELOPED SEVERAL LEVELS, RETIMBERED SHAFT IN 1900 REVIVAL OF OLD 1864 MINE SHAFT, GAVE UP, CLOSED DOWN IN 1901, 1ST LEVEL DRIFTS 265; E & W, WINZES LEVEL TO LEVEL. 2 SHAFT LISTED

Comments on development

  • Year first production 1864-68; Year last production 1900-01

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    JOHNSON, A.M. AND GROTH, E.H., 1998, INVENTORY OF UNDERGROUND MINES, KEWEENAW COUNTY, P. 230-231, SITE ID # 420078, MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN BEARING REPORTED TO BE N22W, APPROXIMATELY 1-5 FEET THICK; NEXT TO GREENSTONE FOOTWALL WHERE GREENSTONE FLOW STRATA DIP IS 30 N

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 05-AUG-02 Anderson, Arlene (M. Gere) Michigan Department of Natural Resources

Beyond USGS

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