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Alger 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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Ownership information
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10310192
MRDS ID LW00192
Record type Site
Current site name Alger Gold Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -87.67141, 46.55972 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 100(meters)
Relative position NEGAUNEE TOWNSHIP, LAT/LONG IS BASED ON CENTER OF QTR. QTR LOCATION, LAT/LONG IS BASED ON CENTER OF QTR. QTR LOCATION

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Marquette(county)

Michigan(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Negaunee SW(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 T48N R26W 25 SW SW Michigan

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Goodrich Quartzite
    Rock description Goodrich Quartzite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Archean

Nearby scientific data

(1) -87.67141, 46.55972
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Regional trends are east-west.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Prospect
Significant No
Discovery year 1844
Year of first production 1883
Year of last production 1885

Mining district

District name Marquette Greenstone District

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Negaunee Gold & Silver Co. (1883),
  • Type Operator
    Owner Alger Gold Mining Co. (1885)

Comments on the workings information

  • 3 SHAFTS, 2 SHALLOW AND 1 90 FEET DEEP.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    JOHNSON, A.M. AND GROTH, E.H., 1998, INVENTORY OF UNDERGROUND MINES, MARQUETTE COUNTY, MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 23-JUL-02 Anderson, Arlene (M. Gere) Michigan Department of Natural Resources

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Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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