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Osceola

Past Producer in Houghton 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 10267940
MRDS ID W062238
MAS/MILS ID 0260610049
Record type Site
Current site name Osceola
Alternate or previous names Albany and Boston Cu Mine
Related records 10082874

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -88.45925, 47.2289 (WGS84)
Elevation 363
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Houghton(county)

Michigan(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Laurium(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
Michigan 056 N 033 W 23 SESESW Michigan

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Calcite Unknown
Chlorite Unknown
Copper Unknown
Datolite Unknown
Epidote Unknown
Laumontite Unknown
Plagioclase Unknown
Prehnite Unknown
Pyroxene Unknown
Quartz Unknown
Silver Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -88.45925, 47.2289
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N33E
    Dip 38W
    Thickness 3M
    Length 6096M
    Width 1410M
    Depth to top 1.5M
    Field Value
    MAS Matrix # 1
    MAS Column # 1
    Type of Orebody #1 DISSEMINATED
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Type of Orebody #2 FISSURE VEIN
    Type of Orebody #3 REPLACEMENT
    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 N33E:38W
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 1.5
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Date of Last Modification 790110
  • Area 10HA
    Field Value
    Total Surface Area (HA) 10
    Date of Last Modification 910418

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE OSCEOLA LODE IS PART OF THE PORTAGE LAKE VOLCANICS ROCK TYPES ARE AN AMYGDALOIDAL BASALT AND A FELSITE PEBBLE CONGLOMERATE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant Yes
Discovery year 1874
Year of first production 1879

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 1978

Comments on the ownership information

  • UOP = UNIVERSAL OIL PRODUCTS COMPANY PROPERTY LEASED TO HOMESTAKE COPPER CO. AND INCO ON A 60/40% PARTNERSHIP BASIS.

Production statistics

  • Year 1964
    Description Pounds Of Conc At 63% Copper 4170000 Mt/Yr Conc Output
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Conc. Copper Copper 4170000mt 63wt-pct
  • Year 1965
    Description Pounds Of Conc At 63% Copper 3710000 Mt/Yr Conc Output
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Conc. Copper Copper 3710000mt 63wt-pct
  • Year 1966
    Description Pounds Of Conc At 63% Copper 5249000 Mt/Yr Conc Output
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Conc. Copper Copper 5249000mt 63wt-pct
  • Year 1967
    Description Pounds Of Conc At 63% Copper 3926000 Mt/Yr Conc Output
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Conc. Copper Copper 3926000mt 63wt-pct
  • Year 1968
    Description Pounds Of Conc At 63% Copper 1198000 Mt/Yr Conc Output
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Conc. Copper Copper 1198000mt 63wt-pct

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • MATRIX FIGURES BASED ON CALUMET AND HECLA ESTIMATES FROM UNPUB. PRIVATE COMPANY REPORT, 1967.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 15750M
    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) 1463
    Slope of Inclines 35
    Number of Inclines 1
    1st Condition of Workings SEALED
    2nd Condition of Workings FLOODED
    Capacity 1000
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Unit Production Cost 24.41
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Operating Days per Year 250
    Operating Shifts per Day 2
    Year of Information 1978

Comments on the workings information

  • ENVIRONMENTAL SENSITIVITY OF LAND AND WATER TO MINERAL EXTRACTION IS RATED MODERATE IN THE SHORT TERM BECAUSE OF HIGH SALINITY AND CORROSIVENESS OF MINE WATERS AND THE AREA REQUIRED TO STORE THE LARGE AMOUNT OF CONTAMINATED MINE WATER AFTER THE MINE IS DEWATERED.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BIBLIOGRAPHY LINES 003-028ARE REFERENCES FROM MICH.STATE

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    STUDY,J. WILBAND,CONTRACTOR USBM CONTRACT J0366067 8/76-4/78

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

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    GEOLOGY OF MICHIGAN COPPER DISTRICT:ECON.GEOL.,41,675-725

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

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    MICHIGAN:USGS PROF. PAPER 144.

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    CORNWALL,H.R.,RUNNER,J.T.,STROMQUIST,A.A.,SWANSON,R.H.,

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    WHITE,W.A.(1949)DETAILED GEOLOGIC MAPS OF RECENTLY ACTIVE

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    COPPER MINES,HOUGHTON AND KEWEENAW COUNTIES,MICHIGAN: UNPUB.

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    USGS OPEN FILE REPORT.

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    CORNWALL,H.R.,AND WRIGHT,J.C.(1956)GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE

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    LAURIUM QUADRANGLE,MICH.:USGS MIN. INVESTIGATIONS FIELD

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    STUDIES MAP MF 47.

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    HARDENBERG,H.J.(1972,1969,1960,1954)OSCEOLA MINE-KEARSARGE

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    LODE:PVT RPT. MICH. STATE TAX COMMISSION.

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    HORE ,R.E.(1914)MICH.COPPER DEPOSITS:MICH. PUBL.19, GEOL

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    SERIES 16, MICH. GEOL.-BIOL. SURVEY.

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    HORE,R.E. (1911)THE COPPER INDUSTRY IN MICHIGAN:PUB 8,GEOL.

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    SERS.6.MICH. GEOL.-P10L. SURVEY.

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    PARDEE,F.G.(1940)CONGLOMERATE AND OSCEOLA PVT.RPT. MICHIGAN

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    TAX COMMISSION.

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    WHITE,W.S.(1968)THE NATIVE COPPER DEPOSITS OF NOR. MICH.:IN

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    ORE DEPOSTS OF THE UNITED STATES,1933-1967.J.D.RIDGE,ED.,VOL

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    1,AIME PRESS.

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    ANONAMOUS(1963,1968) ANNUAL REPORT FOR THE OSCEOLA MINE:PVT.

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    RPT.TO STATE GEOLOGIST,MICH.DEPT.CONSERVATION.

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    CALUMET AND HECLA,(1967) RESERVES:OSCEOLA NO.6 SHAFT PVT.RPT

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    CALUMET AND HECLA,(1967)RESERVES:OSCEOLA NO.13 SHAFT PVT.RPT

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    B-LIN 029-046 ARE ADDITIONAL REFERENCES FOR 6/78 MAS RE-

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    EVALUATION OF MICHIGAN NATIVE COPPER DEPOSITS BY D.R.

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    WILBURN, E.P.O.C.

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    BRODERICK,T.M.,AND C.D. HOHL. THE MICHIGAN COPPER DISTRICT.

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    CHAP. IN COPPER RESOURCES OF THE WORLD, INTERNAT. GEOL. CONG

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    , WASHINGTON,D.C.,1935,PP271-284.

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    BROOKS,T.S.,R. PUMPELLY, AND C.ROMINGER. UPPER PENINSULA,18-

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    69-1873. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF MICHIGAN,V.T,567 PP.

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    HUBBARD,H.A. LOWER KEWEENAWAN VOLCANIC ROCKS OF MICHIGAN AND

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    WISCONSIN. USGS J. RES., V.3. NO.5, 1975,PP.529-541.

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    MATHEWS,A.A. CAPITAL AND OPERATING COST ESTIMATING SYSTEM

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    HANDBOOK. BUMINES CONTRACT NO. J0255026, FINAL ED,1977.

  • Deposit

    WEEGE,R.J.ET AL. THE GEOLOGY OF TWO NEW MINES IN THE NATIVE

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    COPPER DISTRICT OF MICHIGAN. ECON. GEOL. V.67,1972,PP622-633

  • Deposit

    WHITE,W.S.ED. GUIDEBOOK FOR FIELD CONF.,MICHIGAN COPPER DIST

  • Deposit

    , MICHIGAN TECHNICAL UNIV. PRESS,1971, 82PP.

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    BUMINES CONTRACT NO. J0366067,UNPUB. FINAL RPT., 1978, 66PP.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PROPOSED MINING METHOD-CUT & FILL WITH 100% RECOVERY MILL DESIGN BASED ON CENTENNIAL PILOT MILL(1975-76) USING JIGGING AND FLOTATION METHODS. MINE DESIGNED TO EXTRACT 1000 MT ORE/DAY. MILL ON-SITE WITH 1000TPD CAPACITY AND 90% RECOVERY RATE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 21-MAR-1995 Wilburn, David R. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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