Globe Mine

Past Producer in Houghton 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. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Ownership information
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10082852
MRDS ID W062211
Record type Site
Current site name Globe Mine
Alternate or previous names Globe Exploration

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -88.68339, 47.02194 (WGS84)
Relative position ADAMS TOWNSHIP

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Houghton(county)

Michigan(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

South Range(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 Houghton

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Michigan 53N 35W 1 NE OF NE Michigan

Comments on the location information

  • SHAFT BETWEEN G2 AND C84

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • COPPER ARSENIDE MINERALS OCCUR WITH NATIVE COPPER IN FISSURES THAT CROSS-CUT NATIVE COPPER DEPOSITS.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Copper Ore
Feldspar Gangue
Epidote Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Calcite Gangue

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
    Rock unit name Portage Lake Volcanics
    Rock description Portage Lake Volcanics
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Stenian
    Chronological age 1095

Nearby scientific data

(1) -88.68339, 47.02194

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of last production 1907

Mining district

District name Keweenaw Copper

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Copper Range Co.

Comments on the workings information

  • SANK 2 SHAFTS, FIRST SHAFT WAS SUNK IN 1905 & COLLAPSED FROM HEAVY QUICKSAND OVERBURDEN, NEW #1 SHAFT WAS SUNK SW OF OLD ONE USING TELESCOPING DROP SHAFT

Comments on development

  • THERE WAS A GLOBE COPPER CO (1864) T53N, R35W SEC 1-5, GLOBE MINING CO. CONSOLIDATED GLOBE COPPER, EVERETT (SHAWMUTTE) & STONINGTON IN 1898 THEN SOLD TO ATLANTIC MINING CO 1898, SECTION 1-5 & 10

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BUTLER, B.S., AND BURBANK, W.S., 1929, THE COPPER DEPOSITS OF MICHIGAN: USGS PROF PAPER NO. 144, 238 PP.

  • Deposit

    JOHNSON, A.M. AND GROTH, E.H., 1998, INVENTORY OF UNDERGROUND MINES, HOUGHTON COUNTY, SITE ID 310025, MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit GLOBE MINE IS CONNECTED TO CHAMPION MINE AT THE 9TH LEVEL. CHAMPION LEVEL 18 GOES UNDER GLOBE WORKINGS ACCORDING TO MINE MAP.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1996 Sutphin, D.M. (Cannon, W.F.) 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
Editor 04-AUG-2002 Anderson, Arlene (M. Gere) Michigan Department of Natural Resources

Beyond USGS

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

External references