| Deposit ID | 10080393 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | W031521 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Indiana Mine |
| Geographic coordinates: | -88.99674, 46.79944 (WGS84) |
|---|
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Ontonagon(county)
Michigan(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Winona South(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
L'Anse(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Iron River(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 | Ontonagon |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michigan | 051N | 037W | 21; 27 | SE 1/4 OF 21 | Michigan |
| NW 1/4 IF 27 | Michigan |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Copper | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Copper | Ore |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Calcite | Gangue |
| Epidote | Gangue |
| Pumpellyite-(Mg) | Gangue |
| Chlorite | Gangue |
| Feldspar | Gangue |
| Cuprite | Gangue |
| Tenorite | Gangue |
| Fluorite | Gangue |
| Silver | Gangue |
| Model code | 96 |
|---|---|
| USGS model code | Unassigned |
| Deposit model name | Native Cu |
| Mark3 model number | 99 |
| Host or associated | Host | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Mafic Volcanic Rock > Basalt | ||||
| Rock unit name | Portage Lake Volcanics | ||||
| Rock description | Portage Lake Volcanics | ||||
| |||||
| (1) | -88.99674, 46.79944 |
|---|
| Name | EVERGREEN AMYGDALOID LODES SERIES |
|---|
| Operation type | Underground |
|---|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Year of first production | 1862 |
| Year of last production | 1916 |
| District name | Keweenaw Copper |
|---|
| Ownership category | State Forest |
|---|
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Indiana Mining Company |
COPPER RANGE CO., UNPUBLISHED, 1968, BEDROCK GEOLOGY MAP OF THE WINNER (SW 1/4) QUADRANGLE, ONTONAGON COUNTY, MICHIGAN. GEOLOGY MAPPED AND COMPILED BY COPPER RANGE EXPLORATION CO., INC., AND BY H. HUBBARD (U.S.G.S.)
BUTLER, B.S., AND BURBANK, W.S., 1929, THE COPPER DEPOSITS OF MICHIGAN: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER 144, 238P.
WILBAND, J.T., 1978, THE COPPER RESOURCES OF NORTHERN MICHIGAN; PREPARED FOR THE U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, CONTRACT NO. J0366067, 66P.
JOHNSON, A.M., AND GROTH, E.H., 1998, INVENTORY OF UNDERGROUND MINES, ONTONAGON COUNTY, P. 94-97, MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | INDIANA COPPER CO. ORGANIZED IN 1862 AND WORKED STEADILY FOR THREE YEARS. THE STAMP MILL WAS THEN SOLD TO PETHERICK CO. THE INDIANA MINING CO. ORGANIZED IN 1909, AND DID SOME EXPLORATORY WORK FROM 1910-1916 WHICH REVEALED AN IRREGULARLY SHAPED FELSITE INTRUDING INTO THE TRAP. HOWEVER, NO ROCK WAS MILLED. |
| Deposit | OLD INDIANA MINE WAS IN THE EVERGREEN AMYGDALOID LODE SERIES; THE NEW INDIANA MINE WAS LOCATED IN 265' THICK FELSITE IGNEOUS LAVA FLOW WITH 2 BEDS IN 26' THICK HEAVY COPPER |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-OCT-1980 | Yeager, Keith (Cannon, W.) | Michigan Geological Survey Division | |
| Updater | 01-MAR-1997 | Sutphin, D.M. | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Editor | 01-MAY-1997 | Mason Jr., G.T. | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Updater | 08-AUG-2001 | Anderson, Arlene (M. Gere) | Michigan Department of Natural Resources |
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