| Deposit ID | 10080398 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | W031527 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Old Mass Mine |
| Geographic coordinates: | -89.11285, 46.75583 (WGS84) |
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Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Ontonagon(county)
Michigan(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Greenland(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Ontonagon(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 | 050N | 038W | 6 | NW OF SW | Michigan |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Copper | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Copper | Ore |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Calcite | Gangue |
| Epidote | Gangue |
| Pumpellyite-(Mg) | Gangue |
| Chlorite | Gangue |
| Feldspar | Gangue |
| Datolite | 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) | -89.11285, 46.75583 |
|---|
| Name | MASS LODE |
|---|---|
| General form | IRREGULAR |
| Operation type | Underground |
|---|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1849 |
| Discoverer | Noel Johnson |
| Year of first production | 1849 |
| Year of last production | 1884 |
| District name | Keweenaw Copper |
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| Ownership category | Private |
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COPPER RANGE CO., UNPUBLISHCOPPER RANGE CO., UNPUBLISHED, 1968, BEDROCK GEOLOGY MAP OF THE GREENLAND (SE 1/4) QUADRANGLE, ONTONAGON COUNTY, MICHIGAN.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.
STATE OF MICHIGAN TAX COMMISSION, 1930, APPRAISAL OF IRON AND COPPER MINES OF MINES OF MICHIGAN; COMPILED ANNUALLY BY THE STATE TAX COMMISSION AND THE DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION, LOCATED AT THE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY DIVISION OF THE DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES, LANSING, MICHIGAN.
JOHNSON, A.M., AND GROTH, E.H.,1998, INVENTORY OF UNDERGROUND MINES, ONTONAGON COUNTY, P. 144-148, MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | NO DESCRIPTION LITERATURE AVAILABLE. THE EVERGREEN SERIES PRODUCED (FROM ALL MINES) 66,508,152 LBS COPPER FROM 1845-1925 WHEN THIS WAS LIKELY IN OPERATION, AND LIKELY PRODUCING FROM THE EVERGREEN SERIES. HOWEVER, THE ONLY SPECIFIC INFORMATION ON THNO DESCRIPTION LITERATURE AVAILABLE. THE EVERGREEN SERIES PRODUCED (FROM ALL MINES) 66,508,152 LBS COPPER FROM 1845-1925 WHEN THIS WAS LIKELY IN OPERATION, AND LIKELY PRODUCING FROM THE EVERGREEN SERIES. HOWEVER, THE ONLY SPECIFIC INFORMATION ON THIS LOCATION IS THAT THE MOWAWK MINING CO. DID SOME EXPLORATION WORK IN 1929, PRESUMABLY AFTER THIS MINE SHUT DOWN. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-JUL-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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