Central Exploration

Past Producer in Keweenaw county in Michigan, United States with commodity Copper
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Production statistics
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10082633
MRDS ID W060071
Record type Site
Current site name Central Exploration

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -88.17504, 47.39583 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Keweenaw(county)

Michigan(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Eagle Harbor(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Michigan Keweenaw

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Michigan 058N 031W 25 NE OF NE Michigan
NW OF NE Michigan
SE OF NE Michigan
SW OF NE Michigan

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Copper Ore

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 96
USGS model code Unassigned
Deposit model name Native Cu
Mark3 model number 99

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Mafic Volcanic Rock > Basalt
    Rock unit name Portage Lake Volcanics
    Rock description Portage Lake Volcanics
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Stenian
    Chronological age 1095

Nearby scientific data

(1) -88.17504, 47.39583

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Fissure just above the Kinston conglomerate

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fissure

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant Yes
Discovery year 1930
Discoverer Calumet and Hecla Consolidated Copper Co.
Year of first production 1934
Year of last production 1945
Production years 1934-1936; 1942-1945

Mining district

District name Keweenaw Copper

Production statistics

  • Year 1945
    Period 1934-1945
    Accuracy Accurate
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major recovered Cu Copper Copper 113.4mt

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CORNWALL, H.R.,A ND WRIGHT, J.C., 1954, BEDROCK GEOLOGY OF THE EAGLE HARBOR QUADRANGLE, MICHIGAN: USGS MAP GQ-36CORNWALL, H.R.,A ND WRIGHT, J.C., 1954, BEDROCK GEOLOGY OF THE EAGLE HARBOR QUADRANGLE, MICHIGAN: USGS MAP GQ-36, SCALE 1:24000

  • Production

    CORNWALL AND WRIGHT, 1954

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.