Mine detail: Lac La Belle

Previously called 'Mt. Bohemia Fissure'

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Location

Lat / long:

47.4, -88.01559

Resource(M)

Primary:	Copper
Ore:	Chalcocite
Orebody form:	IRREGULAR

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Vein
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Prospect
First production started:	1846
Last production ended:	1866

Geology

Host rock:	Portage Lake Volcanics
Host type:	Basalt,Andesite
Structure:	Mineralization in lowermost Portage Lake volcanics

References

MRDS	W060075
DEP	10082637
Reference	{Deposit:: MICHIGAN COPPER COMPANY LTD, 19---, MICHIGAN COPPER SULFIDE PROJECT: KEWEENAW PENINSULA: COMPANY REPORT, 21 PP.}{Deposit:: JOHNSON, A.M. AND GROTH, E.H., 1998, INVENTORY OF UNDERGROUND MINES, KEWEENAW COUNTY, SITE ID 420048, MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES.}{Reserve-Resource:: MICHIGAN COPPER COMPANY LTD REPORT}
Reporter	Nicholson, Suzanne, Sutphin, D.M., Mason Jr., G.T., Anderson, Arlene (M. Gere)