Mine detail: Carp Lake Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 46.81472, -89.7162

Resource(M)

Primary: Copper
Ore: Copper, Chalcocite
Gangue: Quartz, Calcite, Chlorite, Feldspar, Silver
Orebody form: IRREGULAR

Production

Operation type: Underground
Deposit type: Secondary Enrichment
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1858
Last production ended: 1898

Geology

Host rock:Copper Harbor Formation
Host type:Sandstone
Alteration processes:Removal of hematite, copper replacement, sandstone bleaching

References

MRDSW031531
DEP10080401
Reference{Deposit:: COPPER RANGE CO., UNPUBLISHED, 1968, BEDROCK GEOLOGY MAP OF THE WHITE PINE (SW 1/4) QUADRANGLE, ONTONAGON COUNTY, MICHIGAN.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. 33-36, 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)