Mine detail: Arcadian Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 47.14917, -88.52922

Resource(M)

Primary: Copper
Ore: Copper
Orebody form: AMYGDALOID LODE
Discovery year: 1898

Production

Operation type: Underground
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1863
Last production ended: 1902

Geology

Host rock:Portage Lake Volcanics
Host type:Basalt
Structure:Syncline, Amygdaloidal basalt flow top

References

MRDSW060072
DEP10082634
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., AND WRIGHT, J.C., 1956, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE HANCOCK QUADRANGLE, MICHIGAN: USGS MAP MF-46, SCALE 1:24000}{Deposit:: JOHNSON, A.M. AND GROTH, E.H., 1998, INVENTORY OF UNDERGROUND MINES, HOUGHTON COUNTY, SITE ID 310019, MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES.}{Production:: BULTER AND BURBANK, 1929}
ReporterNicholson, Suzanne, Sutphin, D.M., Mason Jr., G.T., Anderson, Arlene (M. Gere)