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Lake Superior 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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  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 10310180
MRDS ID LW00180
Record type Site
Current site name Lake Superior Gold Exploration

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -87.78113, 46.51917 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position ELY TOWNSHIP

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Marquette(county)

Michigan(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Diorite(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 28W 35 NW Michigan

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • LIGHT COLORED QUARTZ VEIN WITH SOME FREE GOLD BUT NOT PRODUCTIVE ORE

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -87.78113, 46.51917
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Economic information

Geologic structures

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

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Prospect
Significant No

Mining district

District name Marquette Greenstone District

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Lake Superior Iron Co..
  • Type Operator
    Owner Gold Lake Mining Co.

Comments on the workings information

  • LAKE SUPERIOR IRON CO. TRIED A 35 FOOT SHAFT, GOLD LAKE MINING CO. SANK SHAFT #2 100 FEET SOUTH OF #1, 110 FEET DEEP, WITH 40', 100' LEVELS, GAVE UP IN 1898

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    JOHNSON, A.M. AND GROTH, E.H., 1998, INVENTORY OF UNDERGROUND MINES, MARQUETTE COUNTY, P. 235-236, SITE ID 520101, MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 09-AUG-02 Anderson, Arlene (M. Gere) Michigan Department of Natural Resources

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