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Phillips Gold Exploration

Prospect in Marquette county in Michigan, United States with commodity Gold
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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. Geologic structures
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Ownership information
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10310158
MRDS ID LW00158
Record type Site
Current site name Phillips Gold Exploration

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -87.72308, 46.53167 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position ISHPEMING TOWNSHIP; JUST WEST OF THE ROPES GOLD MINE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Marquette(county)

Michigan(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Negaunee SW(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Marquette(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Marquette(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Dead-Kelsey(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 Marquette

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Michigan 48N 27W 30 SE OF NE Michigan

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • QUARTZ VEIN IN BLACK SERPENTINE

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -87.72308, 46.53167
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Regional trends are from east to west

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Year of first production 1884

Mining district

District name Marquette Greenstone District

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Deer Lake Iron Co.
  • Type Owner
    Owner Phillips Gold Mining Co.
  • Type Owner
    Owner Callahan Mining Co.

Comments on the workings information

  • IN ADDITION TO PHILLIPS SHAFT THERE WAS A DEER LAKE IRON CO. EXPLORATION SHAFT: SHAFT #1 (8 X 10), 60 FEET DEEP; 50 FEET EAST OF SHAFT THERE IS AN ADIT INTO HILL, #2 SHAFT IS ON TOP OF HILL, 90 FEET DEEP AND IS CONNECTED TO ADIT BELOW.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    JOHNSON, A.M. AND GROTH, E.H., 1998, INVENTORY OF UNDERGROUND MINES, MARQUETTE COUNTY, P. 373-374, SITE ID 520155, MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 07-AUG-2002 Anderson, Arlene (M. Gere) Michigan Department of Natural Resources

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