Mine detail: Nonesuch Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 46.75444, -89.6187

Resource(M)

Primary: Copper
Ore: Copper, Chalcocite
Gangue: Quartz, Feldspar, Epidote, Chlorite, Tourmaline, Apatite, Mica

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Secondary Enrichment
Production size: Medium
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1867
Last production ended: 1885

Geology

Host rock:Nonesuch Formation
Host type:Siltstone,Shale
Alteration processes:Copper replacement, sandstone bleaching

References

MRDSW031506
DEP10080380
Reference{Deposit:: COPPER RANGE CO., UNPUBLISHED, 1968, BEDROCK GEOLOGY MAP OF THE WHITE PINE(SE 1/4) QUADRANGLE, ONTONAGON COUNTY, MICHIGAN. GEOLOGY MAPPED AND COMPILED BY COPPER RANGE EXPLORATION CO., INC., AND BY H. HUBBARD (U.S.G.S.)}{Deposit:: BUTLER, B.S., AND BURBANK, W.S., 1929, THE COPPER DEPOSITS OF MICHIGAN: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER 144, 238P.}{Deposit:: WILBAND, J.T., 1978, THE COPPER RESOURCES OF NORTHERN MICHIGAN; PREPARED FOR THE U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, CONTRACT NO J0366067, 66P.}{Deposit:: JOHNSON, A.M., AND GROTH, E.H.,, 1998, INVENTORY OF UNDERGROUND MINES, ONTONAGON COUNTY, P. 190-192, MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES.}{Production:: BUTLER AND BURBANK (1929)}
ReporterYeager, Keith (Cannon, W.), Sutphin, D.M., Mason Jr., G.T., Anderson, Arlene (M. Gere)