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Mesnard Mine

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. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Ownership information
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10310088
MRDS ID LW00088
Record type Site
Current site name Mesnard Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -88.56338, 47.15306 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position STANTON TOWNSHIP

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Houghton(county)

Michigan(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Hancock(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)

Federal lands

Keweenaw National Historical Park(National Historical Park)

National Historical Park NPS(Type of land area)

NPS(Federal land areas administered by NPS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Michigan Houghton

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Michigan 55N 34W 24 NE Michigan

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Copper Ore

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 96
USGS model code Unassigned
Deposit model name Native Cu
Mark3 model number 99

Nearby scientific data

(1) Copper Harbor Conglomerate
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Syncline

Ore body information

  • Name PEWABIC LODE
    General form IRREGULAR

Comments on the geologic information

  • ALTERNATE BASALT FLOWS, BRECCIATED BASALT FLOW, AMYGDALOIDAL BASALTS, AND/OR INTERFLOW CONGLOMERATES. VARIES WITH LOCATION.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Significant No
Year of first production 1859
Year of last production 1877

Mining district

District name Keweenaw Copper District

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Mesnard Mining Co.,
  • Type Operator
    Owner Pewabic Mining Co.

Comments on the workings information

  • SEVERAL SHAFTS

Comments on development

  • Year first production 1859-1860; Year last production 1863-1877
  • SHAFTS SUNK IN 1859; DESCRIBED AS FIVE OLD "CROOKED" SHAFTS, TAKEN OVER BY PEWABIC MINING CO., THEN QUINCY IN 1897 (ONE OLD MESNARD SHAFT BECAME QUINCY #8)

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    JOHNSON, A.M. AND GROTH, E.H., 1998, INVENTORY OF UNDERGROUND MINES, HOUGHTON COUNTY, SITE ID 310044, MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit FIRST EPIDOTE VEIN AT FIRST; THEN PEWABIC LODE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-02 Anderson, Arlene (M. Gere) Michigan Department of Natural Resources

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