| Deposit ID | 10267936 |
|---|---|
| MAS/MILS ID | 0260830014 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Mohawk |
| Point of reference | Main Entrance |
|---|---|
| Geographic coordinates: | -88.36475, 47.3025 (WGS84) |
| Elevation | 310 |
| Location accuracy | 100(meters) |
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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Michigan | Keweenaw |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michigan | 057 N | 032 W | 27 | SWSWSW | Michigan |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Arsenic Critical | Tertiary |
| Copper | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Calcite | Unknown |
| Chlorite | Unknown |
| Copper | Unknown |
| Epidote | Unknown |
| Hematite | Unknown |
| Plagioclase | Unknown |
| Prehnite | Unknown |
| Pyroxene | Unknown |
| Quartz | Unknown |
| Main Entrance (1) | -88.36475, 47.3025 |
|---|
| Strike | N45E | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dip | 35W | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Thickness | 2.9M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Length | 3250M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Width | 1490M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Area | 250HA | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Depth to top | 6M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Operation type | Underground |
|---|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1898 |
| Year of first production | 1902 |
| District name | Michigan Native Copper Belt |
|---|
| Type of mineral rights | Fee Ownership |
|---|---|
| Type of mineral rights | Minerals Only |
| Type of mineral rights | Unknown |
| 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 | 0260830014 |
BRODERICK,T.M.ET AL.,1946.RECENT CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE GEOLOG
E MICHIGAN COPPER DISTRICT:ECON.GEOL.,41,675-725
BUTLER,B.S.AND BURBANK,W.S.(1929)THE COPPER DEPOSITS OF MICH
GS PROF.PAPER 144.
CORNWALL,H.R.,RUNNER,J.J.,STROMQUIST,A.A.,SWANSON,R.H.,WHITE
45)DETAILED GEOLOGIC MAPS OF RECENTLY ACTIVE COPPER MINES,HO
AND KEWEENAW COUNTIES,MICHIGAN:USGS UNPUB. OPEN FILE REPORT
DAVIDSON,E.S.,ESPENSHADE,G.H.,WHITE,W.S.,AND WRIGHT,J.C(1955
K GEOLOGY OF THE MOHAWK QUADRANGLE,MICHIGAN:USGS MAP GQ 54.
HORE,R.E.(1914) MICHIGAN COPPER DEPOSITS:IN MINERAL RESOURCE
CHIGAN.PUBL.19.,GEOL.SERS.16.MICH.GEOL.-BIOL.SURV.
HORE,R.E.(1911)THE COPPER INDUSTRY OF MICHIGAN:IN MINERAL RE
OF MICHIGAN,PUBL.8.GEOL.SERS.6.,MICH.GEOL.BIOL.SURV.
PARDEE,F.G(1933) MOHAWK MINING COMPANY:PVT.RPT.,MICH,STATE
MMISSION.
PARDEE,F.G(1930,1931,1932) MOHAWK,MOHAWK MINING COMPANY:APPR
EPORT:UNPUB.RPT.,MICH.TAX COMMISSION.
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 27-FEB-1984 | Drescher, Theodore A. | U.S. Bureau of Mines |
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