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Mabbs 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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10310089
MRDS ID LW00089
Record type Site
Current site name Mabbs Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -88.55172, 47.11139 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position TORCH LAKE TOWNSHIP

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Houghton(county)

Michigan(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Chassell(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 54N 33W 31 SW 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) -88.55172, 47.11139
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Syncline

Ore body information

  • Name MABBS VEIN FISSURE OR AMYGDALOID
    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 1880
Year of last production 1882

Mining district

District name Keweenaw Copper District

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Isle Royale Mining Co.
  • Type Operator
    Owner Mabbs Brother, John and Austin

Comments on the workings information

  • 4 CONNECTED SHAFTS AS DEEP AS 4TH LEVEL

Comments on development

  • LAND WAS OWNED BY ISLE ROYALE MINING CO. MINED BY TRIBUTE; SHAFTS SHOWN SE OF HOUGHTON ON MABBS VEIN; JOHN AND AUSTIN MABBS MINED AS TRIBUTORS ALSO IN ISLE ROYALE LODE AREA

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    JOHNSON, A.M. AND GROTH, E.H., 1998, INVENTORY OF UNDERGROUND MINES, HOUGHTON COUNTY, SITE ID 310042, MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES.

Reporter information

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

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