| Deposit ID | 10400290 |
|---|---|
| Record type | Deposit |
| Current site name | Eagle Project |
| Alternate or previous names | Eagle and East Eagle deposits |
| Point of reference | Geographic coordinates: | Elevation | UTM | Precision | Relative position | Point location |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ore Body | -87.895, 46.7482 (WGS84) | 100 | Coordinates are for the center of the Eagle (not East Eagle) orebody. The orebody footprint lies adjacent to the Salmon Trout River, about 4 km SW of Dodge City and about 45 km NW of the city of Marquette. Most of the proposed operating facilities would be located 1 km east of the orebody. | |||
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| Ore Body | -87.856, 46.746 (WGS84) | 250 | Coordinates are for the center of the East Eagle orebody, about 3 km ESE of the center of the Eagle orebody., 250, 250, 250 | |||
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Marquette(county)
Michigan(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Bulldog Lake(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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Michigan | Marquette |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Nickel Critical | Primary |
| Copper | Primary |
| Cobalt Critical | Secondary |
| Gold | Secondary |
| Platinum Critical | Secondary |
| Palladium Critical | Secondary |
| Model code | 284 |
|---|---|
| USGS model code | Unassigned |
| Deposit model name | Conduit-type Ni-Cu massive sulfide |
| Host or associated | Host | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Ultramafic Intrusive Rock > Peridotite | ||
| Rock type qualifier | feldspathic | ||
| Rock unit name | Yellow Dog Peridotite | ||
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| Ore Body (1) | -87.895, 46.7482 | |
|---|---|---|
| Ore Body (2) | -87.856, 46.746 |
| Operation type | Underground |
|---|---|
| Development status | Prospect |
| Significant | Yes |
| Discovery year | 2002 |
| Discoverer | Kennecott Exploration Ltd. |
| Type | In-situ |
|---|---|
| Name | recoverable Ni |
| Estimate year | 2010 |
| Total resources | 136000mt |
| Remarks | E&MJ, March 2010, p. 8. |
| Type | In-situ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Name | Eagle orebody (not East Eagle) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Estimate year | 2009 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total endowment | 4100000mt | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Remarks | Xin Ding, et al., 2010 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Type | In-situ |
|---|---|
| Name | recoverable Cu |
| Estimate year | 2010 |
| Total resources | 113000mt |
| Remarks | E&MJ March 2010, p. 8. |
Kennecott Eagle Minerals Company?s Mining and Reclamation Plan and Draft Comments from the DNR, 2006.
http://www.michigan.gov/documents/dnr/MiningandReclamationPlan_186442_7.pdf
Xin Ding, Chusi Li, Ripley, E.M., Rossell, D., Kamo, S., 2010, The Eagle and East Eagle sulfide ore-bearing mafic-ultramafic intrusions in the Midcontinent Rift System, upper Michigan: Geochronology and petrologic evolution; Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems, Vol. 11, Q03003, doi:10.1029/2009GC002546, 2010
http://www.agu.org/journals/gc/gc1003/2009GC002546/
http://www.northwoodswild.org/projects/sulfide-and-uranium-mining
Engineering and Mining Journal, 2010, Eagle Mine and Mill Receive Michigan State Approval: March 2010, p. 8.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | *****For detailed description of deposit see the following: Xin Ding, Chusi Li, Ripley, E.M., Rossell, D., Kamo, S., 2010, The Eagle and East Eagle sulfide ore-bearing mafic-ultramafic intrusions in the Midcontinent Rift System, upper Michigan: Geochronology and petrologic evolution; Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems, Vol. 11, Q03003, doi:10.1029/2009GC002546, 2010 http://www.agu.org/journals/gc/gc1003/2009GC002546/ |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-MAY-08 | Schruben, Paul | U.S. Geological Survey |
Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.