Mine detail: Star Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

47.45833, -87.8667

Resource(M)

Primary:	Copper
Ore:	Copper

Production

Operation type:	Underground
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1851
Last production ended:	1887

Geology

Host rock:	Portage Lake Volcanics
Host type:	Basalt
Structure:	Fissure below Greenstone flow

References

MRDS	W060066
DEP	10082628
Reference	{Deposit:: BUTLER, B.S., AND BURBANK, W.S., 1929, THE COPPER DEPOSITS OF MICHIGAN: USGS PROF. PAPER NO. 144, 238 PP.}{Deposit:: CORNWALL, H.R., 1955, BEDROCK GEOLOGY OF THE FORT WILKINS QUADRANGLE, MICHIGAN: USGS MAP GQ-74, SCALE 1:24000}{Production:: BULTER AND BURBANK (1929)}
Reporter	Nicholson, Suzanne, Sutphin, D.M., Mason Jr., G.T.