Mine detail: Wendigo Mines

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

47.925, -89.15008

Resource(M)

Primary:	Copper
Ore:	Copper
Orebody form:	AMYGDALOIDAL LODE

Production

Operation type:	Underground
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Producer

Geology

Host rock:	Portage Lake Volcanics
Host type:	Basalt
Structure:	Fissures cross-cutting basalt flows

References

MRDS	W060086
DEP	10082648
Reference	{Deposit:: LANE, A.C., 1898, UPPER PENINSULA, ISLE ROYALE: GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF MICHIGAN, V. 6, PT.1., 281 PP.}{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}
Reporter	Nicholson, Suzanne, Sutphin, D.M., Mason Jr., G.T.