| Deposit ID | 10082864 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | W062227 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Champion Mine |
| Related records | 10170747 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -88.66812, 47.03722 (WGS84) |
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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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Michigan | Houghton |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 54N | 34W | 31 | Michigan |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Copper | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Copper | Ore |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Feldspar | Gangue |
| Epidote | Gangue |
| Pumpellyite-(Mg) | Gangue |
| Calcite | 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 | Baltic Amygdaloid | ||||
| Rock description | Baltic Amygdaloid | ||||
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| Host or associated | Host | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | |||||
| Rock unit name | Portage Lake Volcanics | ||||
| Rock description | Portage Lake Volcanics | ||||
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| (1) | Portage Lake Volcanics |
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| General form | TABULAR |
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| Operation type | Underground |
|---|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Medium |
| Significant | Yes |
| Year of first production | 1902 |
| Year of last production | 1925 |
| Production years | 1902-25 OR LONGER |
| District name | Keweenaw Copper |
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| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Copper Range Co. and St. Mary's Mineral Co. |
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Copper Range Co. |
| Year | 1925 | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Period | 1902-1925 | ||||||||||||||
| Accuracy | Accurate | ||||||||||||||
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BUTLER, B.S., AND BURBANK, W.S., 1929, THE COPPER DEPOSITS OF MICHIGAN: USGS PROF PAPER NO. 144, 238 PP.
WHITE, W.S., AND WRIGHT, J.C., 1956, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE SOUTH RANGE QUADRANGLE, MICHIGAN: USGS MAP MF-48, SCALE 1:24000
BUTLER, B.S., AND BURBANK, W.S., 1929, P.82.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | BALTIC AMYGDALOID IS 150-200 FT THICK IN THE VICINITY OF BALTIC, CHAMPION, AND TRIMOUNTAIN MINES BUT THINS CONSIDERABLY TO THE NORTH AND SOUTH. CORRELATION IS DIFFICULT AWAY FROM THE MAIN MINE AREAS. THE HORIZON HAS BEEN SEEN AT GLOBE PROSPECT. |
| 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 |
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