South Kearsarge

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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Mineral rights holdings
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10146337
MAS/MILS ID 0260610052
Record type Site
Current site name South Kearsarge
Alternate or previous names Osceola

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -88.56475, 47.2617 (WGS84)
Elevation 416

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Houghton(county)

Michigan(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Muggun Creek(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Hancock(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Hancock C(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

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 056 N 032 W 07 SW Michigan

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -88.56475, 47.2617

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Area 259HA
    Field Value
    Total Surface Area (HA) 259
    Date of Last Modification 910418

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1887
Year of first production 1900

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 Universal Oil Products
    Interest 100
    Home office Illinois
    Year 1977

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BUTLER,B.S. AND BURBANK,W.S., 1929, THE COPPER DEPOSITS OF M

  • Deposit

    : U.S.G.S. GEOL. SURV., PROF. PAPER 144.

  • Deposit

    CORNWALL,H.R., RUNNER,J.J., STORMQUIST,A.A., SWANSON,R.H., W

  • Deposit

    A., 1945, DETAILED GEOLOGIC MAPS OF RECENTLY ACTIVE COPPER M

  • Deposit

    OUGHTON AND KEWEENAW COUNTIES, MICH., UNPUB. U.S.G.S. OPEN F

  • Deposit

    T.

  • Deposit

    WHITE,W.S., 1968, THE NATIVE-COPPER DEPOSITS OF NORTHERN MIC

  • Deposit

    IN ORE DEPOSITS IN THE UNITED STATES 1933/1967, J.W.RIDGE, E

  • Deposit

    , N.Y., VOL. I, P.303-326

  • Deposit

    BRODERICK,T.M. ET AL., 1946, RECENT CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE GEO

  • Deposit

    THE MICHIGAN COPPER DISTRICT: ECON. GEOL., VOL.41, P.675-725

  • Deposit

    HORE,R.E., 1911, THE COPPER INDUSTRY OF MICHIGAN. IN MINERAL

  • Deposit

    CES OF MICHIGAN, PUB.8 GEOL. SERS.6, MICH. GEOL. BIOL. SURV.

  • Deposit

    HORE,R.E., 1914, MICHIGAN COPPER DEPOSITS. IN MINERAL RESOUR

  • Deposit

    MICHIGAN, PUB.19, GEOL. SERS.16, MICH. GEOL. BIOL. SURV.

  • Deposit

    BENEDICT,H.C., 1952, RED METAL THE CALUMET AND HELLA STORY,

  • Deposit

    F MICH. PRESS, ANN ARBOR, 257P.

  • Deposit

    WHITE,W.S., CORNWALL,H.R. AND SWANSON,R.W., 1953, BEDROCK GE

  • Deposit

    F THE AHMEEK QUADRANGLE, MICHIGAN, U.S.G.S. GEOL. QUAD. MAP

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit RESEARCH CONTRACT J0366067, AUGUST,1976-APRIL 30,1978, PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR-JOHN T. WILBAND- MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY. 12/28/77 RECORD 011 FIELD 47-53 -FROM HORE,R.E. 1914, P.136. 12-28-77 RECORD 050 FIELD 18-21 -THIS IS YEAR OF FIRST PRODU OR ALL MINES WORKING THE KEARSARGE LODE. U.S.G.S. PROF. PAPE .1944 STATES FIRST YEAR PRODUCTION 1900 AS SHOWN IN FIELD 22 REVIEWED AND REVISED IN MARCH, 1978

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 03-NOV-1983 Michigan State University U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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