Mine detail: Allouez Conglomerate Lode

Previously called 'Albany and Boston Conglomerate Lode'

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Location

Lat / long: 47.28889, -88.40449

Resource(M)

Primary: Copper
Ore: Copper
Orebody form: CONGLOMERATE LODE
Discovery year: 1860

Production

Operation type: Underground
Production size: Medium
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1864
Last production ended: 1909

Geology

Host rock:Portage Lake Volcanics
Host type:Conglomerate
Structure:Felsic conglomerate

References

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DEP10082609
Reference{Deposit:: BUTLER, B.S., AND BURBANK, W.S., 1929, THE COPPER DEPOSITS OF MICHIGAN: USGS PROF. PAPER NO. 144, 238 PP.}{Deposit:: WEEGE, R.J., AND POLLACK, J.P., 1971, RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN THE NATIVE COPPER DISTRICT OF MICHIGAN: IN W.S. WHITE, (EDITOR) GUIDEBOOK FOR FIELD CONFERENCE, MICHIGAN COPPER DISTRICT; SEPT. 30-OCT. 2, 1971, SOC. ECON. GEOL., P 19-43.}{Deposit:: WHITE, W.S., 1968, THE NATIVE COPPER DEPOSITS OF NORTHERN MICHIGAN: IN J.D. RIDGE, (EDITOR) ORE DEPOSITS OF THE UNITED STATES 1933-1967 (GRATON-SALES VOL): AM. INSTIT. MIN. METALL. PETROL. ENG., VOL. 1, PP. 303-325.}{Deposit:: WHITE, W.S., CORNWALL, H.R., AND SWANSON, R.W, 1953, BEDROCK GEOLOGY OF THE AHMEEK QUADRANGLE, MICHIGAN: USGS MAP GQ-27, SCALE 1:24000}{Deposit:: CORNWALL, H.R., AND WRIGHT, J.C., 1956, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE HANCOCK QUADRANGLE, MICHIGAN: USGS MAP MF-46, SCALE 1:24000.}{Deposit:: BORNHORST, T.J. AND ROSE, W.I., 1994, SELF-GUIDED GEOLOGICAL FIELD TRIP TO THE KEWEENAW PENINSULA, MICHIGAN; INSTITUTE ON LAKE SUPERIOR GEOLOGY PROCEEDINGS, 40TH ANNUAL MEETING, HOUGHTON MI, V. 40, 185 P.}{Deposit:: CORNWALL, H.R., 1954, BEDROCK GEOLOGY OF THE DELAWARE QUADRANGLE, MICHIGAN: USGS MAP GQ-51, SCALE 1:24000}{Production:: WHITE, 1968; WEEGE AND POLLACK, 1971.}
ReporterNicholson, Suzanne, Sutphin, D.M., Mason Jr., G.T.