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Crescent Gold Exploration

Occurrence 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. Mineral occurrence model information
  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 10310198
MRDS ID LW00198
Record type Site
Current site name Crescent Gold Exploration

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -87.65724, 46.60278 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 100(meters)
Relative position ISHPEMING TOWNSHIP; JUST SOUTH OF SILVER MINE LAKE, LAT/LONG IS BASED ON CENTER OF MINE LOCATION, LAT/LONG IS BASED ON CENTER OF MINE LOCATION

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 T49N R27W 35 SW OF NW Michigan

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 241
USGS model code 34a
Deposit model name Superior Fe (BC name is Lake Superior & Rapitan types iron-formation)

Nearby scientific data

(1) -87.65724, 46.60278
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Regional trends are east-west.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Significant No
Year of first production 1891
Production years SHIPPED ORE EVERY YEAR 1903-1920 EXCEPT FOR 1905. PRODUCED FROM STOCKPILE IN 1937.

Mining district

District name Marquette Greenstone District

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Julius Ropes

Comments on the workings information

  • OPEN CUT IN SIDE HILL; ALSO ADIT INTO HILL IS REPORTED BY NORGAN EXPLORATION PROJECT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    JOHNSON, A.M. AND GROTH, E.H., 1998, INVENTORY OF UNDERGROUND MINES, MARQUETTE COUNTY, P. 129-130, SITE ID 520050, MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 11-AUG-02 Anderson, Arlene (M. Gere) Michigan Department of Natural Resources

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Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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