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Fire Center Prospect

Prospect in Marquette county in Michigan, United States with commodities Gold, Copper, Zinc
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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. Alteration
  9. Mineral occurrence model information
  10. Host and associated rocks
  11. Nearby scientific data
  12. Geologic structures
  13. Ore body information
  14. Controls for ore emplacement
  15. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  16. Mining district
  17. Ownership information
  18. Production statistics
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10310199
MRDS ID LW00199
Record type Site
Current site name Fire Center Prospect
Alternate or previous names Fire Center Mine

Comments on the site names

  • INCLUDES DATA FROM BEAVER GOLD PROSPECT

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -87.65308, 46.59722 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 100(meters)
Relative position ISHPEMING TOWNSHIP;, LAT/LONG IS BASED ON CENTER OF MINE LOCATION OF FIRE CENTER (SW 1/4)

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 SE 1/4 AND SW 1/4 Michigan

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Copper Secondary
Zinc Critical Secondary

Comments on the commodity information

  • GOLD ASSOCIATED WITH BASE METAL SULFIDES -- CHALCOPYRITE, ARSENOPYRITE, PYRITE

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Quartz Gangue
Chalcopyrite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Arsenopyrite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Quartz-sericite-chlorite-tourmaline

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)

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Porphyry
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Archean

Nearby scientific data

(1) -87.65308, 46.59722
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Economic information

Geologic structures

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

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Localized on the contact of porphyries

Comments on the geologic information

  • GOLD ASSOCIATED WITH BASE METAL SULFIDES, PYRITE OR ARSENOPYRITE, CHALCOPYRITE. SHEAR ZONES INCLINED 60-80 DEGREES IN A SW DIRECTION, NORMALLY ABOUT 3 FEET WIDE, GOLD IN QUARTZ VEINS STRIKING E/W; GENERAL DIP IS 60 DEGREES S. 2 VEINS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Significant No
Year of first production 1891
Year of last production 1936
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
  • Type Operator
    Owner Fire Center Gold Mining Co.

Production statistics

  • Year 1893
    Period 1881-1893
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major recovered Au Gold Gold 2750g

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION WAS $2,063 OR 97 OZ (ABOUT $30,000)

Comments on the workings information

  • MANY SHAFTS AND EXPLORATIONS REPORTED IN THIS AREA, AT LEAST 2 PRINCIPAL SHAFTS (60' & 100'), TUNNEL, AND ADITS, ANOTHER SHAFT (SE - BEAVER EXPLORATION) IS REPORTED RUNNING E -W AT 50 FEET DEEP.

Comments on development

  • BEST EXPLORED SHEAR ZONE IN THE NORTH BLOCK. IDENTIFIED BY THE PRESENCE OF ABUNDANT FELSIC DIKES. $2063 WORTH OF GOLD OBTAINED FROM THIS PROPERTY UP TO 1893 WHEN OPERATIONS SUDDENLY STOPPED.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    JOHNSON, A.M. AND GROTH, E.H., 1998, INVENTORY OF UNDERGROUND MINES, MARQUETTE COUNTY, P. 40-41, 156-157, SITE ID 520016 & 520063, & MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES.

  • Production

    UNDERGROUND MINE INVENTORY

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit BEAVER EXPLORATION SHAFTS AND PARCEL WERE TAKEN OVER BY FIRE CENTER; MINE INSPECTOR REPORTED 2 SHAFTS WERE FILLED IN SECTION 35 IN 1970
Deposit GOLD IN QUARTZ VEINS STRIKING EAST/WEST, GENERAL DIP IS 60 SOUTH, 2 VEINS MENTIONED. VALUES OF 0.01 TO 0.02 OZ/TON AU OCCUR WITH FINELY DISSEMINATED PYRITE AND CHALCOPYRITE IN RHYOLITE PORPHYRY AND 0.01-0.06 OZ/TON IN IRON FORMATION. HIGHEST VALUES FOUND IN QUARTZ-SULFIDE VEINS A FEW INCHES WIDE (BODWELL, 1972). GOLD LOCALIZED AT CONTACTS OF THE PORPHYRIES.

Reporter information

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

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