| Deposit ID | 10106197 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | W031505 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | National Mine |
| Geographic coordinates: | -89.18674, 46.72722 (WGS84) |
|---|
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Ontonagon(county)
Michigan(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Rockland(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Ontonagon(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Iron River(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Ontonagon(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 | 16 | SE OF SE | 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 | ||||
| |||||
| (1) | -89.18674, 46.72722 |
|---|
| General form | TABULAR FISSURE |
|---|---|
| Strike | 44 NW |
| Thickness | 2M |
| Operation type | Underground |
|---|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Large |
| Significant | Yes |
| Year of first production | 1848 |
| Year of last production | 1908 |
| District name | Keweenaw Copper |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
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| Year | 1895 | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Period | 1853-1895 | ||||||||||||||
| Accuracy | Accurate | ||||||||||||||
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COPPER RANGE CO., UNPUBLISHED, 1968, BEDROCK GEOLOGY MAP OF THE ROCKLAND (NW1/4) QUADRANGLE, ONTONAGON COUNTY, MICHIGAN GEOLOGY MAPPED AND COMPILED BY COPPER RANGE EXPLORATION CO., INC.,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.
JOHNSON, A.M., AND GROTH, E.H.,, 1998, INVENTORY OF UNDERGROUND MINES, ONTONAGON COUNTY, P. 183-187, MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES.
BUTLER AND BURBANK (1929)
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | FIRST CHARTERED IN 1848 AND WORKED UNTIL 1871. REMAINED IDLE EXCEPT FOR A LITTLE TRIBUTE WORK UNTIL 1880. ACTIVE MINING CEASED IN 1893, SOME TRIBUTE WORK SINCE THEN. SHIPPED 1853-1895. PRODUCED FROM BOTH FISSURES AND CONGLOMERATES. |
| 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 | 13-AUG-2001 | Anderson, Arlene (M. Gere) | Michigan Department of Natural Resources |
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