Mohawk

Past Producer in Keweenaw county in Michigan, United States with commodities Arsenic, Copper
Sections on this page
  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. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10267936
MAS/MILS ID 0260830014
Record type Site
Current site name Mohawk

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -88.36475, 47.3025 (WGS84)
Elevation 310
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Keweenaw(county)

Michigan(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mohawk(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

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Michigan 057 N 032 W 27 SWSWSW Michigan

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Arsenic Critical Tertiary
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Calcite Unknown
Chlorite Unknown
Copper Unknown
Epidote Unknown
Hematite Unknown
Plagioclase Unknown
Prehnite Unknown
Pyroxene Unknown
Quartz Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -88.36475, 47.3025

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N45E
    Dip 35W
    Thickness 2.9M
    Length 3250M
    Width 1490M
    Area 250HA
    Depth to top 6M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 OTHER
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Type of Orebody #2 REPLACEMENT
    Shape of Orebody #2 LENTICULAR
    Type of Orebody #3 FISSURE VEIN
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Primary Ore Control OTHER
    Secondary Ore Control FRACTURING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. SLIGHT
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 PROPYLITIC
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #2 BLEACHING
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #3 OTHER
    Strike And Dip N45E:35W
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 6
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Total Surface Area (HA) 250
    Date of Last Modification 780919

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1898
Year of first production 1902

Mining district

District name Michigan Native Copper Belt

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Fee Ownership
Type of mineral rights Minerals Only
Type of mineral rights Unknown

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Universal Oil Products
    Interest 100
    Home office Illinois
    Year 1977

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BRODERICK,T.M.ET AL.,1946.RECENT CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE GEOLOG

  • Deposit

    E MICHIGAN COPPER DISTRICT:ECON.GEOL.,41,675-725

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    BUTLER,B.S.AND BURBANK,W.S.(1929)THE COPPER DEPOSITS OF MICH

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    GS PROF.PAPER 144.

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    CORNWALL,H.R.,RUNNER,J.J.,STROMQUIST,A.A.,SWANSON,R.H.,WHITE

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    45)DETAILED GEOLOGIC MAPS OF RECENTLY ACTIVE COPPER MINES,HO

  • Deposit

    AND KEWEENAW COUNTIES,MICHIGAN:USGS UNPUB. OPEN FILE REPORT

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    DAVIDSON,E.S.,ESPENSHADE,G.H.,WHITE,W.S.,AND WRIGHT,J.C(1955

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    K GEOLOGY OF THE MOHAWK QUADRANGLE,MICHIGAN:USGS MAP GQ 54.

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    HORE,R.E.(1914) MICHIGAN COPPER DEPOSITS:IN MINERAL RESOURCE

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    CHIGAN.PUBL.19.,GEOL.SERS.16.MICH.GEOL.-BIOL.SURV.

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    HORE,R.E.(1911)THE COPPER INDUSTRY OF MICHIGAN:IN MINERAL RE

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    OF MICHIGAN,PUBL.8.GEOL.SERS.6.,MICH.GEOL.BIOL.SURV.

  • Deposit

    PARDEE,F.G(1933) MOHAWK MINING COMPANY:PVT.RPT.,MICH,STATE

  • Deposit

    MMISSION.

  • Deposit

    PARDEE,F.G(1930,1931,1932) MOHAWK,MOHAWK MINING COMPANY:APPR

  • Deposit

    EPORT:UNPUB.RPT.,MICH.TAX COMMISSION.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-FEB-1984 Drescher, Theodore A. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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