| Deposit ID | 10310133 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | LW00133 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Hilton Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | Ohio Mine |
| Geographic coordinates: | -89.06563, 46.77361 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Relative position | GREENLAND TOWNSHIP; |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Ontonagon(county)
Michigan(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Greenland(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Ontonagon(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Iron River(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Ontonagon(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 | 51N | 38W | 36 | E 1/2 | Michigan |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Copper | Primary |
| Model code | 96 |
|---|---|
| USGS model code | Unassigned |
| Deposit model name | Native Cu |
| Mark3 model number | 99 |
| Host or associated | Host | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Mafic Volcanic Rock > Basalt | ||||
| Rock unit name | Portage Lake Volcanics | ||||
| Rock description | Portage Lake Volcanics | ||||
| |||||
| (1) | -89.06563, 46.77361 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Syncline |
| Name | MASS LODE |
|---|---|
| General form | IRREGULAR |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Significant | No |
| Year of first production | 1850 |
| Year of last production | 1890 |
| District name | Keweenaw Copper District |
|---|
| Year | 1853 | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Period | 1850-1853 | ||||||||||||||
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| Year | 1890 |
|---|---|
| Period | 1863-1890 |
JOHNSON, A.M. AND GROTH, E.H., 1998, INVENTORY OF UNDERGROUND MINES, ONTONAGON COUNTY, P. 90-91, SITE ID # 660040, MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES.
UNDERGROUND MINE INVENTORY
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | SAME LODE AS MINED BY AZTEC AND GREAT WESTERN AND BOHEMIAN GROUP OF MINES TO THE EAST, ON THE SAME BLUFFS AS AZTEC AND SOUTH LAKE MINES |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 06-AUG-2002 | Anderson, Arlene (M. Gere) | Michigan Department of Natural Resources |
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