Krieg Mine

Past Producer in Marquette county in Michigan, United States with commodity Gold
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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Ownership information
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10310168
MRDS ID LW00168
Record type Site
Current site name Krieg Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -87.61085, 46.48361 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position MARQUETTE TOWNSHIP

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Marquette(county)

Michigan(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Palmer(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Gwinn(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Marquette(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Escanaba(hydrologic unit)

Northwestern Lake Michigan(hydrologic accounting unit)

Northwestern Lake Michigan(hydrologic subregion)

Great Lakes(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Michigan Marquette

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Michigan 49N 26W 6 S 1/2 Michigan

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • SULFIDE DEPOSIT, COPPER SULFIDE ORES WITH SOME GOLD

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -87.61085, 46.48361

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Regional trends are from east to west

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Year of first production 1899
Year of last production 1901

Mining district

District name Marquette Greenstone District

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Saux Head Copper Mining Co. (Name was derived from allegations that the Chippewa Tribe would hang th

Comments on the workings information

  • 8 X 8 SHAFT 120 FEET DEEP, COPPER SILVER AND GOLD. CLOSED BY WATER SEEPAGE FROM RIVER. ALSO DESCRIBED 2 MORE SHAFTS & ADITS OF 50 FEET.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    JOHNSON, A.M. AND GROTH, E.H., 1998, INVENTORY OF UNDERGROUND MINES, MARQUETTE COUNTY, P. 224-225, SITE ID 520093, MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 07-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.