Mine detail: Mohawkite Fissure

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Location

Lat / long:

47.3, -88.37533

Resource(M)

Primary:	Copper
Secondary:	Arsenic
Ore:	Copper, Domeykite, Algodonite, Arsenical Copper, Rammelsbergite, Pararammelsbergite, Niccolite

Production

Operation type:	Surface
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1900
Last production ended:	1901

Geology

Host rock:	Portage Lake Volcanics
Host type:	Basalt
Structure:	Fissure crossing the Kearsarge lode

References

MRDS	W060059
DEP	10082622
Reference	{Deposit:: BUTLER, B.S., AND BURBANK, W.S., 1929, THE COPPER DEPOSITS OF MICHIGAN: USGS PROF PAPER NO. 144, 238 PP.}{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}{Production:: BUTLER AND BURBANK, 1929}
Reporter	Nicholson, Suzanne, Sutphin, D.M., Mason Jr., G.T.