Baltic 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. Alteration
  9. Mineral occurrence model information
  10. Host and associated rocks
  11. Nearby scientific data
  12. Ore body information
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Ownership information
  16. Production statistics
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10106400
MRDS ID W062225
Record type Site
Current site name Baltic Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -88.63478, 47.06333 (WGS84)

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
54N 34W 20, 21 Michigan

Comments on the location information

  • SHAFT NO. 3

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
Quartz Gangue
Epidote Gangue
Pumpellyite-(Mg) Gangue
Calcite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Quartz-pumpellyite

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 Baltic Amygdaloid Lode
    Rock description Baltic Amygdaloid Lode
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Stenian
    Chronological age 1095
  • 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) -88.63478, 47.06333

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant Yes
Year of first production 1898
Year of last production 1968
Production years 1898 THROUGH 1925, BUT NOT LATER THAN 1968.

Mining district

District name Keweenaw Copper

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Copper Range Co.

Production statistics

  • Year 1916
    Period 1898-1916
    Accuracy Accurate
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major recovered Cu Copper Copper 90981mt
  • Year 1925
    Period 1917-1925
    Accuracy Accurate
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major recovered Cu Copper Copper 28548mt

Comments on the production information

  • TO 1925, BALTIC HAD THE SECOND LARGEST AMOUNT OF COPPER PRODUCED FROM THE BALTIC AMYGDALOID BEHIND CHAMPION MINE.

Comments on the workings information

  • AT THE THREE MINES ON THE BALTIC LODE, THE GROUND APPEARS TO HAVE BEEN GOOD AT THE OUTCROP AND TO HAVE SHOWN NO ZONE OF DECIDED ENRICHMENT AT LOWER LEVELS.

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

    WHITE, W.S., AND WRIGHT, J.C., 1956, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE SOUTH RANGE QUADRANGLE, MICHIGAN: USGS MAP MF-48, SCALE 1:24000

  • Production

    BUTLER AND BURBANK, 1929, P. 70.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE BALTIC AMYGDALOID IS 150-200 FEET THICK IN THE VICINITY OF THE BALTIC, TRIMOUNTAIN, AND CHAMPION MINES BUT THINS CONSIDERABLY TO NORTH AND SOUTH. CORRELATIONS ARE DIFFICULT AWAY FROM MAIN MINE AREAS. HORIZON HAS BEEN SEEN AT GLOBE PROSPECT.

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

Beyond USGS

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