Hudson Mine

Past Producer in Ontonagon county in Michigan, United States with commodity Copper
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. Mineral occurrence model information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10310132
MRDS ID LW00132
Record type Site
Current site name Hudson Mine
Alternate or previous names Eureka Mine

Comments on the site names

  • LATER INCORPORATED INTO EUREKA MINE BUT LISTED SEPARATELY HERE

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -89.40397, 46.66167 (WGS84)
Relative position MATCHWOOD TOWNSHIP; WEST OF NORWICH, EAST OF PITTSBURG, SOUTH OF EUREKA AND HAMILTON

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Ontonagon(county)

Michigan(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Matchwood NW(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Ontonagon(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Iron River(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Ontonagon(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 Ontonagon

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Michigan 49N 41W 11 NW Michigan

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Mineral occurrence model information

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

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Mafic Volcanic Rock > Basalt
    Rock unit name Portage Lake Volcanics
    Rock description Portage Lake Volcanics
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Stenian
    Chronological age 1095

Nearby scientific data

(1) -89.40397, 46.66167

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Syncline

Ore body information

  • Name KNOWLTON LODE
    General form IRREGULAR

Comments on the geologic information

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

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discoverer Indians
Year of first production 1850
Year of last production 1864

Mining district

District name Keweenaw Copper District

Comments on the workings information

  • ONE SHAFT 56 FEET DEEP ON OLD INDIAN DIGGINGS, ANOTHER SHAFT 65 FEET DEEP WITH 25 FEET DRIFT TO WEST, LATER 2 MORE SHAFTS, 30 FEET DEEP, AS REPORTED BY HUDSON MINING CO.

Comments on development

  • "HUDSON" WS ONE OF THE ORIGINAL AMERICAN MINING CO. PROPERTIES, 1857 (2 SHAFTS), LATER AS HUDSON MINING CO, 1864 (2 SHAFTS), OLD MINE MAP SHOWS THE HUDSON LAND WAS SOUTH OF EUREKA SITE, LATER JOINED UNDER OTHER NAMES IN CONSOLIDATIONS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    JOHNSON, A.M. AND GROTH, E.H., 1998, INVENTORY OF UNDERGROUND MINES, ONTONAGON COUNTY, P. 92-93, SITE ID # 660041, MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 06-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.