| Deposit ID | 10243231 |
|---|---|
| MAS/MILS ID | 0261310020 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Old Mass |
| Point of reference | Main Entrance |
|---|---|
| Geographic coordinates: | -89.10757, 46.8139 (WGS84) |
| Elevation | 415 |
| Location accuracy | 10(meters) |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Ontonagon(county)
Michigan(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Greenland(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Ontonagon(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Iron River(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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Michigan | Ontonagon |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michigan | 050 N | 038 W | 06 | NESENW | Michigan |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Copper | Tertiary |
| Silver | Tertiary |
| Main Entrance (1) | Copper Harbor Conglomerate |
|---|
| Area | 16HA | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| |||||||
| Operation type | Underground |
|---|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1856 |
| Year of first production | 1857 |
| District name | Michigan Native Copper Belt |
|---|
| Type of mineral rights | Fee Ownership |
|---|---|
| Type of mineral rights | Minerals Only |
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type | Owner-Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Copper Range Co. |
| Interest | 100 |
| Home office | New York |
| Year | 1977 |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0261310020 |
BUTLER,B.S. AND BURBANK,W.S. (1929) THE COPPER DEPOSITS OF M
WHITLOW,J.W. (1974) GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE GREENLAND AND ROCKLA
RANGLES, ONTONAGON COUNTY, MICHIGAN. USGS MAP MF-596.
PATRICK,J.L.(1966) REPORT ON THE CALEDONIA: UNPUBLISHED COMP
ORT, WHITEPINE COPPER COMPANY.
MILLER,E.W. (1958) HISTORICAL RESUME OF THE MASS CONSOLIDATE
G COMPANY, ONTONAGON, MICHIGAN: UNPUBLISHED COMPANY REPORT,
AND HECLA, INC.
POLLOCK,J. (1959) PRELIMINARY REPORT ON THE CALEDONIA PROJEC
BLISHED COMPANY REPORT, CALUMET AND HECLA CONSOLIDATED MININ
WHITE,W.S.(1968) THE NATIVE-COPPER DEPOSITS OF NORTHERN MICH
N ORE DEPOSITS OF THE UNITED STATES,1933-1967. JOHN D.RIDGE,
THE AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF MINING, METALLURGICAL,AND PETROLE
NEERS, INC. 1970.
BRODERICK,T.M., HOHL,C.D., EIDEMILLER,H.N. (1946), RECENT CO
IONS TO THE GEOLOGY OF THE MICHIGAN COPPER DISTRICT: IN ECON
OLOGY AND THE BULLETIN OF THE SOCIETY OF ECONOMIC GEOLOGISTS
XLI.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | RESEARCH CONTRACT J0366067, AUGUST,1976-APRIL 30,1978, PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR-JOHN T. WILBAND- MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY GEOLOG TMENT. 7/12/77-RECORD 030 COL 47. REFERENCE POINT IS FOR THE HEADFR THE C-SHAFT. 7/12/77-RECORD 010 COL 42. MINE HAS BEEN IDLE SINCE 1888. 29DEC./77-RECORD 050 FIELD 18-21. ACTUAL DATE OF DISCOVERY U WORK ON MINE STARTED 1856. 7/12/77-RECORD 011 FIELD 14. OLD MASS MINE BECAME PART OF MA OLIDATED MINING, WHICH WAS LATER CONSOLIDATED INTO THE CALED OPERTIES. SEE CALEDONIA FILE FOR FURTHUR INFORMATION. REVIEWED AND REVISED IN MARCH, 1978 |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 03-NOV-1983 | Michigan State University | U.S. Bureau of Mines |
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