| Location: | Ontonagon County, Michigan, United States, North America |
| Lat / long: | 46.81472, -89.7162 |
| dep_id: | 10080401 |
| mrds_id: | W031531 |
| Commodity type: | metallic |
| Major mineral: | Copper |
| Operation type: | Underground |
| Deposit type: | Secondary Enrichment |
| Production size: | Small ammount of material produced |
| Development status: | Past Producer |
| ore: | Copper, Chalcocite |
| gangue: | Quartz, Calcite, Chlorite, Feldspar, Silver |
| orebody_fm: | IRREGULAR |
| model: | 96: Native Cu |
| alteration: | Removal of hematite, copper replacement, sandstone bleaching |
| ore_ctrl: | Stratigraphic-in top few feet of sandstone immediately under the lake shore trap. |
| Reporter: | Yeager, Keith (Cannon, W.), Sutphin, D.M., Mason Jr., G.T., Anderson, Arlene (M. Gere) |
| hrock_unit: | Copper Harbor Formation |
| hrock_type: | Sandstone |
| Year first produced: | 1858 |
| yr_lst_prd: | 1898 |
| References: |
- Deposit:: COPPER RANGE CO., UNPUBLISHED, 1968, BEDROCK GEOLOGY MAP OF THE WHITE PINE (SW 1/4) QUADRANGLE, ONTONAGON COUNTY, MICHIGAN.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)
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