Mine detail: Siskowit Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 48.1, -88.56672

Resource(M)

Primary: Copper
Ore: Copper
Orebody form: FISSURE

Production

Operation type: Underground
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1847
Last production ended: 1855

Geology

Host rock:Portage Lake Volcanics
Host type:Basalt
Structure:Syncline, Fissure cross-cutting basalt flows

References

MRDSW060082
DEP10082644
Reference{Deposit:: LANE, A.C., 1898, UPPER PENINSULA, ISLE ROYALE: GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF MICHIGAN, V. 6. PT. 1, 281 P.}{Deposit:: HUBER, N.K., 1973, GEOLOGIC MAP OF ISLE ROYALE NATIONAL PARK, KEWEENAW COUNTY, MICHIGAN: USGS MISC. GEOL. INVEST., MAP I-796, SCALE 1:62500}{Deposit:: JOHNSON, A.M. AND GROTH, E.H., 1998, INVENTORY OF UNDERGROUND MINES, KEWEENAW COUNTY, P. 239, SITE ID # 420082, MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES.}{Production:: LANE, 1898}
ReporterNicholson, Suzanne, Sutphin, D.M., Mason Jr., G.T., Anderson, Arlene (M. Gere)