| Deposit ID | 10310141 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | LW00141 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Copper Crown Mine |
| Geographic coordinates: | -89.39341, 46.66583 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Location accuracy | 100(meters) |
| Relative position | MATCHWOOD TOWNSHIP, LAT/LONG IS BASED ON CENTER POINT OF TOTAL MINE AREA (SECTION FRACTIONS LISTED), LAT/LONG IS BASED ON CENTER POINT OF TOTAL MINE AREA (SECTION FRACTIONS LISTED), LAT/LONG IS BASED ON CENTER POINT OF TOTAL MINE AREA (SECTION FRACTIONS LISTED) |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Ontonagon(county)
Michigan(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Matchwood NW(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)
Federal lands
Ottawa National Forest(National Forest)
National Forest FS(Type of land area)
FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Michigan | Ontonagon |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michigan | 49N | 41W | 2 | Michigan |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Copper | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Copper | Ore |
| 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) | -89.39341, 46.66583 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Syncline |
| Name | NORWICH LODE |
|---|---|
| General form | IRREGULAR |
| Strike | 45 N |
| Dip | 45 N |
| Operation type | Underground |
|---|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
| Significant | No |
| Year of first production | 1904 |
| Year of last production | 1908 |
| District name | Keweenaw Copper District |
|---|
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Copper Crown Mining Co., |
| Year | 1908 | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Period | 1904-1908 | ||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||
JOHNSON, A.M. AND GROTH, E.H., 1998, INVENTORY OF UNDERGROUND MINES, ONTONAGON COUNTY, P. 60-63, SITE ID # 660026, MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES.
UNDERGROUND MINE INVENTORY
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | AN ATTEMPT TO CONSOLIDATE NORWICH, OHIO TRAPROCK, WINDSOR & HAMILTON IN 1906 WITH A TUNNEL ON WINDSOR LANDS; GAVE UP IN 1908 |
| Deposit | OWNED PROPERTY ACROSS 1500' OF VEINS INCLUDING: MEADS, OHIO TRAPROCK VEINS 1 & 2, NORWICH, SOUTH LODE |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 06-AUG-02 | Anderson, Arlene (M. Gere) | Michigan Department of Natural Resources |
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