| Deposit ID | 10082617 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | W060054 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Mass Fissure |
| Geographic coordinates: | -88.37644, 47.29306 (WGS84) |
|---|
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Keweenaw(county)
Michigan(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Ahmeek(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Hancock(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Hancock C(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 | Keweenaw |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michigan | 057N | 032W | 33 | SE OF NW | Michigan |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Copper | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Copper | Ore |
| Calcite | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Prehnite | Gangue |
| Epidote | Gangue |
| Laumontite | 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) | -88.37644, 47.29306 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Local |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Mass fissure of the ahmeek mine was mined where it crossed the Kearsarge lo |
| General form | FISSURE |
|---|
| Operation type | Underground |
|---|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Year of first production | 1909 |
| Year of last production | 1925 |
| Production years | STILL ACTIVE IN 1925 |
| District name | Keweenaw Copper |
|---|
| Year | 1925 | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Period | 1909-1925 | ||||||||||||||
| Accuracy | Accurate | ||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||
BUTLER,B.S., AND BURBANK, W.S., 1929, THE COPPER DEPOSITS OF MICHIGAN: USGS PROF. PAPER NO. 144, 238 PP.
WHITE, W.S., CORNWALL, H.R., AND SWANSON, R.W., 1953, BEDROCK GEOLOGY OF THE AHMEEK QUADRANGLE, MICHIGAN: USGS MAP GQ-27, SCALE 1:24000
BUTLER AND BURBANK, 1929
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-JUL-1995 | Nicholson, Suzanne | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Updater | 01-MAR-1997 | Sutphin, D.M. | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Editor | 01-MAY-1997 | Mason Jr., G.T. | U.S. Geological Survey |
Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.