Peak Copper Exploration

Prospect in Gogebic 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. Mineral occurrence model information
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Ownership information
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10310120
MRDS ID LW00120
Record type Site
Current site name Peak Copper Exploration

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -90.07678, 46.59778 (WGS84)
Relative position IRONWOOD TOWNSHIP; 6 MILES NORTH OF BESSEMER IN COPPER PEAK AREA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Gogebic(county)

Michigan(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Copper Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Ashland(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Ashland(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Black-Presque Isle(hydrologic unit)

Southcentral Lake Superior(hydrologic accounting unit)

Southern Lake Superior(hydrologic subregion)

Great Lakes(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Ottawa National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Michigan Gogebic

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Michigan 49N 46W 32 Michigan

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • LOOKING FOR 1 CONGLOMERATE BED AND 2 AMYGDALOID BEDS THAT WERE DESCRIBED BY STEVENS IN CH 1901

Mineral occurrence model information

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -90.07678, 46.59778

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Year of first production 1899

Mining district

District name Gogebic Iron Range

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Peak Copper Co.,

Comments on the workings information

  • SEVERAL SHAFTS WERE DUG AND POSSIBLE ADIT

Comments on development

  • EXPLORATION LOOKING FOR COPPER

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    JOHNSON, A.M. AND GROTH, E.H., 1998, INVENTORY OF UNDERGROUND MINES, GOGEBIC COUNTY, P. 133-134, SITE ID # 270044, MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 05-AUG-2002 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.