| Deposit ID | 10080399 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | W031528 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Michigan Mine |
| Geographic coordinates: | -89.15785, 46.73083 (WGS84) |
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Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Ontonagon(county)
Michigan(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Rockland(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Ontonagon(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Iron River(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Ontonagon(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 | 039W | 15 | Michigan |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Copper | Primary |
| Silver | Secondary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Copper | Ore |
| Silver | Ore |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Calcite | Gangue |
| Epidote | Gangue |
| Pumpellyite-(Mg) | Gangue |
| Chlorite | Gangue |
| Feldspar | 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) | -89.15785, 46.73083 |
|---|
| Name | CALICO AMYGDALOID (AND OTHER LODES) |
|---|---|
| General form | IRREGULAR |
| Strike | 46.5 NW |
| Width | 5M |
| Operation type | Underground |
|---|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Large |
| Significant | Yes |
| Year of first production | 1898 |
| Year of last production | 1921 |
| District name | Copper Range |
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| Ownership category | Private |
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| Year | 1920 | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Period | 1900-1920 | ||||||||||||||
| Accuracy | Accurate | ||||||||||||||
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COPPER RANGE CO., UNPUBLISHED, 1968, BEDROCK GEOLOGY MAP OF THE ROCKLAND (NW 1/4) QUADRANGLE, ONTONAGON COUNTY, MICHIGAN.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 MICHIGAN; COMPILED ANNUALLY BY THE STATE TAX COMMISSION AND THE DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION, LOCATED AT THE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY DIVISION OF THE DEPT. OF NATURAL RESOURCES, LANSING, MICHIGAN.
JOHNSON, A.M., AND GROTH, E.H., 1998, INVENTORY OF UNDERGROUND MINES, ONTONAGON COUNTY, P. 164-172, MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES.
BUTLER AND BURBANK (1929)
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | FIRST ORGANIZED IN 1898 AND REORGANIZED IN 1899 AS MICHIGAN COPPER MINING CO. PRODUCED FROM THE CALICO AND KNOWLTON LODES AND THE MINNESOTA AND BRANCH FISSURES. PROPERTY INCLUDES THE FORMER MINNESOTA; ROCKLAND; AND SUPERIOR PROPERTIES. WORK ON COMPANY ACCOUNT WAS DISCONTINUED IN 1910 AND MINE LOT ON TRIBUTE UNTIL 1913, THEN IDLE. WORKED AGAIN 1915-1920. CONSOLIDATED WITH MOHAWK MINING CO. IN 1923, WHICH DID SOME EXPLORATORY WORK IN 1929. |
| Deposit | EVERGREEN SERIES BRANCH VEIN |
| 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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