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Peninsula Gold Prospect

Prospect in Marquette county in Michigan, United States with commodity Gold
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  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. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10310172
MRDS ID LW00172
Record type Site
Current site name Peninsula Gold Prospect
Alternate or previous names Peninsular Gold Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -87.75974, 46.52222 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position ELY TOWNSHIP; NE OF MICHIGAN GOLD MINE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Marquette(county)

Michigan(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Diorite(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Marquette(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Marquette(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Dead-Kelsey(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 Marquette

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Michigan 48N 28W 25 SW OF SW Michigan

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • SOME GOLD IN ROCK (UP TO 0.665 OZ OF AU); QUARTZ IN FINE STRINGERS IN GRANITE

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Quartz Gangue
Chlorite Gangue

Nearby scientific data

(1) -87.75974, 46.52222
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Economic information

Geologic structures

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

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Comments on the geologic information

  • GOLD IN INTERLAYERED SEQUENCE OF GREENSTONES AND A LAMINATED FELSIC TUFF/FRAGMENTAL UNIT.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Prospect
Significant No
Year of first production 1888
Year of last production 1905

Mining district

District name Marquette Greenstone District

Comments on the workings information

  • 2 SHAFTS LISTED; MINING STOPPED IN 1891, DEWATERED IN 1898 & TRIED AGAIN WITH NO REPORT OF SUCCESS

Comments on development

  • PENINSULAR GOLD MINING CO. (1888-91), SEDGWICK & FAIRBAIRN (1898), ISHPEMING GOLD MINES (1905). PURCHASED B CALLAHAN MINING IN 1981.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BORNHORST, T.J., DUSKIN, D.J., JOHNSON, R.C., MAHIN, R.A., QUIGLEY, T.O., AND SCOTT, G.W., 1999, ARCHEAN ISPHEMING GREENSTONE BELT AND GOLD MINERALIZATION, MICHIGAN: INSTITUTE ON LAKE SUPERIOR GEOLOGY PROCEEDINGS, 45TH ANNUAL MEETING, MARQUETTE, MI, V. 45 PART 2, P. 12 - 107.

  • Deposit

    JOHNSON, A.M. AND GROTH, E.H., 1998, INVENTORY OF UNDERGROUND MINES, MARQUETTE COUNTY, P. 371-372, SITE ID 520154, MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN BEARS N15E; DIPS 80 W. GOLD OCCURS AS SMALL INCLUSIONS IN PYRITE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 09-AUG-02 Anderson, Arlene (M. Gere) Michigan Department of Natural Resources

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