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Houghton No.1

Past Producer in Houghton county in Michigan, United States with commodity Copper
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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. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Mineral rights holdings
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Production statistics
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10146205
MRDS ID W062212
MAS/MILS ID 0260610009
Record type Site
Current site name Houghton No.1
Related records 10082853

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -88.41755, 47.2778 (WGS84)
Elevation 300
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Michigan Houghton

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Michigan 056 N 032 W 06 Michigan

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Calcite Unknown
Chlorite Unknown
Copper Unknown
Epidote Unknown
Quartz Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -88.41755, 47.2778
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N60E
    Dip 36W
    Thickness 2.3M
    Length 4055M
    Width 4000M
    Area 20HA
    Depth to top 0M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 FISSURE VEIN
    Shape of Orebody #1 LENTICULAR
    Type of Orebody #2 REPLACEMENT
    Type of Orebody #3 SHEAR ZONE
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Secondary mode of Origin METAMORPHISM
    Primary Ore Control IGNEOUS
    Secondary Ore Control FAULTING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. UNKNOWN
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 UNKNOWN
    Strike And Dip N60E:36W
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Total Surface Area (HA) 20
    Date of Last Modification 790110

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant Yes
Discovery year 1841

Mining district

District name Michigan Native Copper Belt

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Fee Ownership

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Calumet Real Estate
    Interest 100
    Home office California
    Year 1994
  • Type Operator
    Owner Homestake Copper Co.
    ID 2002045
    Year 1994
  • Type Operator
    Owner Inco Ltd.
    Interest 40
    Home office Canada
    Year 1994

Comments on the ownership information

  • THE PROPERTY IS LEASED TO HOMESTAKE COPPER COMPANY AND INCO, LTD. ON A 60-40 PERCENTAGE PARTNERSHIP BASIS.

Production statistics

  • Year 1990
    Description Total Pounds Cu Houghton Lode All Years 42961000 Pounds Copper
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Copper Copper 1948678.18mt

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION DATA IS FROM REFERENCE 026

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 2000M
    Overall depth 1524M
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method PROPOSED
    Mining Method HORIZ CUT & FILL W/WASTE ROCK 10-60
    Swell Factor .55
    Percent Waste Rock 25
    Percent Recovery 90
    Hardness of Rock HARDROCK FISSURED WITH MODERATE WATER
    Rock Characteristics ONE SYSTEM OF WEAKNESS PLANES
    Rock Support Chars. SUPPORTING
    Mine Support Chars. POST, HEADBOARD, CAPS, ROOF BOLTS
    Number of Shafts 1
    1st Condition of Workings UNKNOWN
    Capacity 6000
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Unit Production Cost 25.83
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Operating Days per Year 250
    Operating Shifts per Day 2
    Year of Information 1978

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BRODERICK, T.M. AND C.D. HOHL. THE MICHIGAN COPPER DISTRICT.

  • Deposit

    CHAP. IN COPPER RESOURCES OF THE WORLD, INTERNAT.

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    GEOL. CONG., WASHINGTON, D.C., 1935, PP.271-284.

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    BROOKS, T.S., R PUMPELLY, AND C. ROMINGER. UPPER PENINSULA,

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    1869-1873, GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF MICHIGAN, V.I, 1873. 567 PP.

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    (CONFIDENTIAL SOURCE OF SOME MILL & MINE COSTING DATA U

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    BUTLER, B.S., AND W.S. BURBANK. THE COPPER DEPOSITS OF MICH.

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    U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF PAPER NO. 144, 1929, 238 PP.

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    PLUS SEPARATE PLATES.

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    HUBBARD, H.A. LOWER KEWEENAWAN VOLCANIC ROCKS OF MICHIGAN

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    AND WISCONSIN. U.S.GEOL SURVEY J. RES., V.3, NO. 5,

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    SEPT-OCT.,1975, PP. 529-541.

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    MATHEWS, A.A. CAPITAL & OPERATING COST ESTIMATING SYSTEM

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    HANDBOOK. BUMINES MINERALS AVAILABILITY SYSTEM CON-

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    TRACT NO. J0255026 FINAL ED., 1977. 344 PP.

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    WEEGE, R.J.AND J.P. POLLOCK. EXPLORATION METHODS IN THE

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    COPPER COUNTRY, KEWEENAW PENINSULA, MICHIGAN. CHAP.

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    IN PAPERS PRESENTED AT THE AIME PACIFIC SOUTHWEST

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    MINERAL INDUSTRY CONFERENCE, SPARKS, NEVADA, MAY 5-7,

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    1965, SESSION ONNORTH AMERICAN EXPLORATION AND MINEE

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    DEVELOPMENT; NEVADA BUREAU OF MINES RPT. 13,P. C, 1966

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    PP. 51-61.

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    WHITE, W.S. THE NATIVE COPPER DEPOSITS OF NORTHERN MICHIGAN.

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    CHAP. IN ORE DEPOSITS OF THE UNITED STATES, 1933-1967.

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    ED. BY J. D. RIDGE,, AIME, V.1, 1968, PP. 303-325

  • Deposit

    WILBAND, J.T. THE COPPER RESOURCES OF NORTHERN MICHIGAN.

  • Deposit

    BUMINES MINERALS AVAILABILITY SYSTEM CONTRACT NO.J0366

  • Deposit

    067, UNPUBL. FINAL REPT.,66 PP.;COPY AT E.F.O.C.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit COPPER TONNAGES & GRADES FROM AASES REPORT SEE REFERENCES. ALL OTHER % P VALUES GENERATED FROM 50% P TONNAGE (CUMULATIVE OF ALL MEASURED, INDICATED & INFERRED RES DOWN TO THE 7800 FT LEVEL FOR THAT ORE GRADE SHOWN). HARD-COPY BACKUP FILE FOR DETAILS. SIVE DESCRIPTION OF COSTING METHODOLOGY THAN IS IN I GING SECTION AS DESCRIBED IN IC 8598, P. 96-97. CONC CONTAINS 52% CU. PRODUCTION & CAPITAL COST SCALED U COMMENTS WITH THE FOLLOWING LINE NUMBERS WERE ADDED JUNE 1978 DURING THE REEVALUATION OF THE NATIVE COPPER DEPOSITS OF MICHIGAN: 065-068, H001, I001-008, O001- O002. MINE FINANCIALLY ANALYZED FOR THE FIRST 30 YEARS OF LIFE. ACTUAL MINE LIFE AS INDICATED BY THE RESERVES IS 77 YEARS. MINES ID AND RES_P ID # ON THE MSHA.DBF, 02/95. HAS HOMESTAKE COPPER CO. LISTED.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 17-MAY-1995 Lyday, Travis Q. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

Operator history (post-MRDS)

MRDS records operators as of each record's last update (≤ 2019). Some of the operators listed here have since changed hands or dissolved:

  • Inco Ltd. — acquired by Subsidiary of Vale (2007)
    International Nickel Company; acquired by Brazilian miner Vale in 2007 for ~US$18 B.

Curated by qvyshift.com from publicly-reported M&A activity (SEC filings, press releases, USGS Mineral Yearbooks). Not authoritative — verify against primary sources before relying on it. The MSHA panel above is the current authoritative source for actively-permitted mines.

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