Phoenix Fissure

Past Producer in Keweenaw county in Michigan, United States with commodities Copper, Silver
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 10194265
MAS/MILS ID 0260830019
Record type Site
Current site name Phoenix Fissure

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -88.27894, 44.3908 (WGS84)
Elevation 305
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Outagamie(county)

Wisconsin(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Freedom(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Appleton(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Green Bay(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Duck-Pensaukee(hydrologic unit)

Northwestern Lake Michigan(hydrologic accounting unit)

Northwestern Lake Michigan(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 058+N 031 W 29 SWNWSW Michigan

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary
Silver Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -88.27894, 44.3908

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Area 4HA
    Field Value
    Total Surface Area (HA) 4
    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 1863
Year of first production 1863

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-Operator
    Owner Universal Oil Products
    Interest 100
    Home office Illinois
    Year 1977

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BULTER, B.S., BURBANK, W.S. (1929), THE COPPER DEPOSITS OF M

  • Deposit

    USGS PROFESSIONAL PAPER 144.

  • Deposit

    HORE,R.E. (1914), MICHIGAN COPPER DEPOSITS: IN MINERAL RESOU

  • Deposit

    MICHIGAN: MICHIGAN GEOLOGICAL AND BIOLOGICAL SURVEY.

  • Deposit

    CORNWALL,H.R. (1954), BEDROCK GEOLOGY OF THE PHOENIX QUADRAN

  • Deposit

    CHIGAN: USGS GEOLOGIC QUADRANGLE.

  • Deposit

    PARDEE,F.G. (1929,1931,1932,1940), PRIVATE REPORT TO THE STA

  • Deposit

    ASSESSOR, ON THE CLIFF AND PHOENIX PROPERTIES : STATE OF MIC

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit RESEARCH CONTRACT J0366067, AUGUST,1976-APRIL 30,1978, PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR-JOHN T. WILBAND- MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY. 28DEC./77-RECORD 050 FIELD 18-21. DATE OF ACTUAL DISCOVERY I RE. THE PHOENIX COPPER COMPANY BEGAN WORK ON THE PHOENIX FIS 1863. 28DEC./77-RECORD 050 FIELD 26-29. DATE FOR LAST PRODUCTION O THE YEAR 1877 IS SUGGESTED BECAUSE BUTLER AND BURBANK (PG.9 A DRASTIC DROP IN PRODUCTION BETWEEN 1877 AND 1878. ALSO, T LATER (PG.229) THAT THE ONLY PROFITABLE YEARS WERE THE EARLY WHEN THE PHOENIX FISSURE WAS MINED.(PHOENIX MINING CO. PROD 28DEC./77-RECORD 050 FIELDS 34-37 AND 42-45. EXACT DATES UNK UT IT IS SAFE TO ASSUME THAT THESE METHODS WERE USED UNTIL T CLOSED. 28DEC./77-RECORD 030 COL.47. REFERENCE POINT IS THE HEADFRAM E.CROCKER SHAFT. 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.