Summitt Prospect

Prospect in Gogebic county in Michigan, United States with commodities Gold, 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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Ownership information
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10310118
MRDS ID LW00118
Record type Site
Current site name Summitt Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -89.68898, 46.44667 (WGS84)
Relative position WAKEFIELD TOWNSHIP; EAST SHORE OF LAKE GOGEBIC

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Gogebic(county)

Michigan(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Marenisco(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Wakefield(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Iron River(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Black-Presque Isle(hydrologic unit)

Southcentral Lake Superior(hydrologic accounting unit)

Southern Lake Superior(hydrologic subregion)

Great Lakes(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Ottawa National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Michigan Gogebic

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Michigan 47N 43W 28 N 1/2 OF NE Michigan

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -89.68898, 46.44667

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Year of first production 1884

Mining district

District name Gogebic Iron Range

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Summitt Exploration Mining and Manufacturing

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFT OF 27 FEET DEPTH REPORTED,

Comments on development

  • EXPLORATION LOOKING FOR GOLD OR SILVER

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    JOHNSON, A.M. AND GROTH, E.H., 1998, INVENTORY OF UNDERGROUND MINES, GOGEBIC COUNTY, P. 219, SITE ID # 270052MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 05-AUG-2002 Anderson, Arlene (M. Gere) Michigan Department of Natural Resources

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.