Michigan Native Copper

Unknown in Keweenaw county in Michigan, United States with commodity Copper
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  8. Bibliographic references
  9. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10400318
Record type District
Current site name Michigan Native Copper

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -88.6, 47.05 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Houghton(county)

Michigan(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Chassell(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Hancock(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Hancock C(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Keweenaw Peninsula(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 Keweenaw

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) Jacobsville Sandstone

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Commodity type Metallic

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Drescher, Ted A. and others, Michigan Native Copper District, Keweenaw, Houghton, and Ontonagon Counties, Michigan, BoM Deposit Report, Sep. 1978.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Updater 04-NOV-2009 Illo, Diane R. Contractor

Beyond USGS

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