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Berringer & Thurber Gold Exploration

Prospect in Marquette county in Michigan, United States with commodity Gold
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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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Ownership information
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10310154
MRDS ID LW00154
Record type Site
Current site name Berringer & Thurber Gold Exploration

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -87.59946, 46.49028 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Marquette(county)

Michigan(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Palmer(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Gwinn(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Marquette(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Dead-Kelsey(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 Marquette

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Michigan 48N 27W 14 SW Michigan

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Goodrich Quartzite
    Rock description Goodrich Quartzite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Archean

Nearby scientific data

(1) -87.59946, 46.49028
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Regional trends are from east to west

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Marquette Greenstone District

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Berringer & Thurber

Comments on the workings information

  • 2 SHAFTS ARE LISTED. SHAFT #1 ON TOP OF HILL, SHAFT #2 WAS 100 FEET DEEP & EAST OF #1 IN A HOLLOW.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    JOHNSON, A.M. AND GROTH, E.H., 1998, INVENTORY OF UNDERGROUND MINES, MARQUETTE COUNTY, P. 44-45, SITE ID 520018, MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 07-AUG-02 Anderson, Arlene (M. Gere) Michigan Department of Natural Resources

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