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Allouez

Past Producer in Keweenaw county in Michigan, United States with commodity Copper
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  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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Mineral rights holdings
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Production statistics
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10122378
MRDS ID W060044
MAS/MILS ID 0260830012
Record type Site
Current site name Allouez
Alternate or previous names Douglass
Related records 10082609, 10267900

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -88.40085, 47.2892 (WGS84)
Elevation 274
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Keweenaw(county)

Michigan(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Ahmeek(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 057 N 032 W 32 NW Michigan

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Adularia Unknown
Calcite Unknown
Chlorite Unknown
Copper Unknown
Datolite Unknown
Epidote Unknown
Hematite Unknown
Laumontite Unknown
Prehnite Unknown
Chlorite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -88.40085, 47.2892
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N45E
    Dip 36W
    Thickness 6.1M
    Length 518M
    Width 1460M
    Area 10HA
    Depth to top 7M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 FISSURE VEIN
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Type of Orebody #2 REPLACEMENT
    Shape of Orebody #2 LENTICULAR
    Type of Orebody #3 DISSEMINATED
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Primary Ore Control LITHOLOGY
    Secondary Ore Control FRACTURING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. SLIGHT
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 PROPYLITIC
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #2 CARBONITIZATION
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #3 BLEACHING
    Strike And Dip N45E:36W
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 7
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Total Surface Area (HA) 10
    Date of Last Modification 790111

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Large
Significant Yes
Discovery year 1858
Year of first production 1869

Mining district

District name Michigan Native Copper Belt

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Fee Ownership
Type of mineral rights Minerals Only

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Calumet Real Estate Co.
    Interest 50
    Home office California
    Year 1994
  • Type Owner
    Owner Great Lakes Land Co
    Interest 50
    Home office Michigan
    Year 1994
    Last year 50

Comments on the ownership information

  • THE PROPERTY IS LEASED TO HOMESTAKE COPPER COMPANY AND INCO, LTD. ON A 60-40 PERCENTAGE PARTNERSHIP BASIS.

Production statistics

  • Year 1968
    Period 1869-1968
    Description Tottal Pounds Of Copper 1869-1968 44981800 Pounds Copper

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION DATA IS FROM REFERENCE 013.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method PROPOSED
    Mining Method HORIZ CUT & FILL W/WASTE ROCK 10-60
    Swell Factor .55
    Percent Waste Rock 0
    Percent Recovery 90
    Hardness of Rock HARDROCK FISSURED WITH MODERATE WATER
    Rock Characteristics ONE SYSTEM OF WEAKNESS PLANES
    Rock Support Chars. SUPPORTING
    Mine Support Chars. POST, HEADBOARD, CAPS, ROOF BOLTS
    Length of Inclines (m) 396
    Slope of Inclines 36
    Number of Inclines 1
    1st Condition of Workings FLOODED
    Capacity 1000
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Unit Production Cost 23.23
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Operating Days per Year 250
    Operating Shifts per Day 2
    Year of Information 1978

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BRODERICK, T. M., ET. AL. RECENT CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE GEOL-

  • Deposit

    OGY OF THE MICHIGAN COPPER DISTRICT. ECONOMIC GEOLOGY,

  • Deposit

    V. 41, 1946, PP. 675-725.

  • Deposit

    BUTLER, B. S. AND W. S. BURBANK. THE COPPER DEPOSITS OF

  • Deposit

    MICHIGAN. U. S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER 144, 1929.

  • Deposit

    CORNWALL, H. R., J. J. RUNNER, A. A. STROMQUIST, R. W. SWAN-

  • Deposit

    SON AND W. A. WHITE. DETAILED GEOLOGIC MAPS OF RECENT-

  • Deposit

    LY ACTIVE COPPER MINES, HOUGHTON AND KEWEENAW COUNTIES,

  • Deposit

    MICHIGAN. U. S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY UNPUB. OPEN FILE REPORT,

  • Deposit

    1949.

  • Deposit

    HARDENBERG, H. J. ALLOUEZ MINE. UNPUB. PRIVATE REPORTS TO

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    MICHIGAN TAX ASSESSOR, 1959, 1968, 1972.

  • Deposit

    WILBAND, J. T. THE COPPER RESOURCES OF NORTHERN MICHIGAN.

  • Deposit

    UNPUB. FINAL REPORT, BUMINES MINERALS AVAILABILITY

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    SYSTEM CONTRACT NUMBER J0366067, 1978, 66PP.

  • Deposit

    WHITE, W. S., H. R. CORNWALL, AND R. W. SWANSON. BEDROCK

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    GEOLOGY OF THE AHMEEK QUADRANGLE. U. S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY

  • Deposit

    GEOLOGIC QUADRANGLE MAP GQ-27, 1953.

  • Deposit

    WHITE, W. S. THE NATIVE COPPER DEPOSITS OF NORTHERN MICHI-

  • Deposit

    GAN. CH. IN ORE DEPOSITS OF THE UNITED STATES, 1933-

  • Deposit

    1967, ED. BY J. D. RIDGE, AIME, V. 1, 1968, PP. 303-325

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit REVIEWED AND REVISED IN MARCH 1978

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 21-MAR-1995 Lyday, Travis Q. U.S. Bureau of Mines

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