Morgan Gold Prospect

Prospect in Marquette county in Michigan, United States with commodity Gold
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. Materials information
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Ownership information
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10310191
MRDS ID LW00191
Record type Site
Current site name Morgan Gold Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -87.50945, 46.52083 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 100(meters)
Relative position NEGAUNEE TOWNSHIP, LAT/LONG IS BASED ON CENTER OF QTR. QTR LOCATION, LAT/LONG IS BASED ON CENTER OF QTR. QTR LOCATION

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Marquette(county)

Michigan(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Negaunee(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 T48N R26W 25 SW SW Michigan

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) Metabasalt

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Prospect
Significant No
Year of first production 1885

Mining district

District name Marquette Greenstone District

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Silas Smith

Comments on the workings information

  • LOCATED A FEW HUNDRED YARDS NW OF SANITORIUM IN SECTION 25, SHAFT IS 18'

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    JOHNSON, A.M. AND GROTH, E.H., 1998, INVENTORY OF UNDERGROUND MINES, MARQUETTE COUNTY, SITE ID 520138, MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 23-JUL-02 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.