Mine detail: Cuyahoga Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 46.81611, -89.69926

Resource(M)

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

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Secondary Enrichment
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer

Geology

Host rock:Copper Harbor Formation
Host type:Sandstone
Alteration processes:Copper replacement, sandstone bleaching

References

MRDSW031537
DEP10080406
Reference{Deposit:: COPPER RANGE CO., UNPUBLISHED, 1968, BEDROCK GEOLOGY MAP OF THE WHITE PINE (SW 1/4) QUADRANGLE, ONTONAGON COUNTY, MICHIGAN.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.}
ReporterYeager, Keith (Cannon, W.), Sutphin, D.M., Mason Jr., G.T.