| Deposit ID | 10146006 |
|---|---|
| MAS/MILS ID | 0260610046 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Mayflower-Old Colony |
| Alternate or previous names | Old Colony, Mayflower |
| Point of reference | Main Entrance |
|---|---|
| Geographic coordinates: | -88.39475, 47.2564 (WGS84) |
| Elevation | 298 |
| Location accuracy | 100(meters) |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Houghton(county)
Michigan(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Ahmeek(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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Michigan | Houghton |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michigan | 056 N | 032 W | 17 | NENENW | Michigan |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Copper | Tertiary |
| Main Entrance (1) | -88.39475, 47.2564 |
|---|
| Area | 2HA | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| |||||||
| Operation type | Underground |
|---|---|
| Development status | Prospect |
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1850 |
| District name | Michigan Native Copper Belt |
|---|
| Type of mineral rights | Fee Ownership |
|---|---|
| Type of mineral rights | Minerals Only |
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Universal Oil Products |
| Interest | 100 |
| Home office | Illinois |
| Year | 1977 |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0260610046 |
BUTLER,B.S. AND BURBANK,W.S. (1929), THE COPPER DEPOSITS OF
HORE,R.E. (1914), MICHIGAN COPPER DEPOSITS. IN MINERAL RESOU
MICHIGAN: PUBL. 19, GEOL. SERIES 16, MICHIGAN GEOLOGIC AND
CAL SURVEY.
PARDEE,F.G.,(1930,1931), PRIVATE REPORT TO THE STATE TAX ASS
N THE MAYFLOWER-OLD COLONY COPPER COMPANY: STATE OF MICHIGAN
WHITE,W.S., CORNWALL,H.R., AND SWANSON,R.W. (1953), BEDROCK
OF THE AHMEEK QUADRANGLE, MICHIGAN: USGS GEOLOGIC QUADRANGL
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | RESEARCH CONTRACT J0366067, AUGUST,1976-APRIL 30,1978, PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR-JOHN T. WILBAND- MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY. 27DEC./77-RECORD 050 FIELD 18-21.OPENING DATES OF MAYFLOWER COLONY MINES ARE OBSCURE. THE TWO COMPANIES MERGED SOMETIME 1910 RECORD PROJECT. 27DEC./77-RECORD 050 FIELD 26-29. MINE CLOSED IN 1930, BUT N R WAS EVER PRODUCED. 27DEC./77 RECORD 050 FIELDS 34-37AND 42-45. DATES FOR THESE ARE OBSCURE, BUT THE COMPANY WAS TEST DRIFTING UP UNTIL CLOS 1930. 27DEC./77-RECORD 050 FIELD 50-53. THE DIAMOND DRILLING PROJE TED IN 1910, AND WAS STILL GOING ON IN 1914, BUT AN END DATE CURE 28DEC./77-RECORD 011 FIELD 47-79,RECORD 012 FIELD 14-46. THE MINING COMPANIES MERGED SOMETIME AFTER 1914,ON THE BASIS OF NSIVE DIAMOND DRILLING PROJECT DONE JOINTLY. 28DEC./77-RECORD 050 FIELDS 30-31 AND 38-39. TEST DRIFTING W EXTENSIVELY ON THE EASTERN PART OF THE PROPERTY PRIOR TO 191 DRIFTING WAS DONE ON THE WESTERN PART OF THE PROPERTY BETWE AND 1930 DUE TO ENCOURAGING RESULTS FROM THE DIAMOND DRILLI ECT. 28DEC./77-RECORD 050,FIELD 22-25. NO GROUND OF COMMERCIAL VA EVER FOUND ON THIS PROPERTY. 27 DEC./77-RECORD 030 COL 47. REFERENCE POINT IS THE GEOGRAP TER OF HEADFRAMES. REVIEWED AND REVISED IN MARCH, 1978 |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 03-NOV-1983 | Michigan State University | U.S. Bureau of Mines |
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