Mine detail: Minong Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

48.08389, -88.7245

Resource(M)

Primary:	Copper
Ore:	Copper
Orebody form:	FISSURE
Discovery year:	1871

Production

Operation type:	Surface
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1875
Last production ended:	1883

Geology

Host rock:	Portage Lake Volcanics
Host type:	Rhyolite
Structure:	Fissure in brecciated rhyolite overlying Minong basalt flow

References

MRDS	W060079
DEP	10082641
Reference	{Deposit:: Lane, A.C., 1898, Upper Peninsula, Isle Royale: Geological Survey of Michigan, v. 6, part 1, 28 p.}{Deposit:: Huber, N.K., 1973, Geological map of Isle Royale National Park, Keweenaw County, Michigan: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Geological Investigations Map I-796, scale 1:62500.}{Production:: LANE, 1898}
Reporter	Nicholson, Suzanne, Sutphin, D.M., Mason Jr., G.T.