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B & M 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. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10310155
MRDS ID LW00155
Record type Site
Current site name B & M Gold Exploration

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -87.6953, 46.54444 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position TILDEN TOWNSHIP

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Marquette(county)

Michigan(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Negaunee SW(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Marquette(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 21 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) -87.6953, 46.54444
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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 1898

Mining district

District name Marquette Greenstone District

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner B & M Gold Co. (Billings & Murdoch)

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFT 50 FEET DEEP AT 65 DEGREE DIP, 37 FOOT DRIFT, NEAR TEN KILNS LOCATION

Comments on development

  • SHAFT WAS REOPENED 1935 BY AKA BILLINGS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    JOHNSON, A.M. AND GROTH, E.H., 1998, INVENTORY OF UNDERGROUND MINES, MARQUETTE COUNTY, P. 29-30, SITE ID 520010, MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit FREE GOLD IN 18 INCH BANDED QUARTZ VEIN BELOW KITCHE SLATE; DIP 65

Reporter information

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

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