| Deposit ID | 10080400 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | W031529 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Caledonia Mine (Nebraska) |
| Alternate or previous names | Flintsteel |
| Related records | 10146472 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -89.11924, 46.75139 (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 | 039W | 12 | NE OF NE | Michigan |
| NW OF NE | Michigan | ||||
| SE OF NE | Michigan | ||||
| SW OF NE | 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 | ||||
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| (1) | -89.11924, 46.75139 |
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| Name | KNOWLTON AMYGDALOID LODE; EVERGREEN LODE |
|---|---|
| General form | IRREGULAR |
| Operation type | Underground |
|---|---|
| Development status | Producer |
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Large |
| Significant | Yes |
| Discovery year | 1855 |
| Year of first production | 1863 |
| District name | Keweenaw Copper |
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| Ownership category | Private |
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| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Rich Whiteman |
| Year | 1958 | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Period | 1855-1958 | ||||||||||||||
| Accuracy | Accurate | ||||||||||||||
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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, 1952-1958, 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 DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES, LANSING, MICHIGAN.
JOHNSON, A.M., AND GROTH, E.H., 1998, INVENTORY OF UNDERGROUND MINES, ONTONAGON COUNTY, P 28-32, MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES,
BUTLER AND BURBANK (1929)
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | FORMERLY KNOWN AS NEBRASKA, THE CALEDONIA MINING CO. ORGANIZED IN 1863. THE PROPERTY WAS ABSORBED BY THE FLINT STEEL COPPER CO. IN 1871, AND NO PRODUCTION WAS DONE AFTER THAT YEAR UNTIL 1950'S. PRODUCTION FROM 1855-1871 AMOUNTED TO 475,747 LBS. THE CALUMET & HECLA EXPLORATION AND PRODUCTION CO. PRODUCED 5,458,581 LBS. FROM 1952-1958, AFTER WHICH THE MINE WAS CLOSED. |
| Deposit | CALEDONIA ON KNOWLTON AMYGDALOID LODE; NEBRASKA ON EVERGREEN LODE |
| 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 | 18-JUL-2001 | Anderson, Arlene (M. Gere) | Michigan Department of Natural Resources |
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