Mine detail: Kona Dolomite

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Location: Marquette County, Michigan, United States, North America
Lat / long: 46.83333, -87.75002
dep_id: 10082650
mrds_id: W060093
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Copper
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Producer
ore: Chalcocite, Pyrite, Malachite, Chalcopyrite, Bornite
gangue: Quartz
orebody_fm: STRATABOUND
model: 197: Sediment-hosted Cu
Reporter: Nicholson, Suzanne, Sutphin, D.M., Mason Jr., G.T.
hrock_unit: Kona Dolomite
hrock_type: Dolomite,Argillite,Quartzite
Structure: Silicified dolomite
References:
  • Deposit:: WILBAND, J.T., 1978, THE COPPER RESOURCES OF NORTHERN MICHIGAN, REPORT FOR U.S. DEPT OF INTERIOR, BUREAU OF MINES: EAST LANSING, DEPT. OF GEOLOGY, MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY, 66 P.
  • Deposit:: REED, R.C., 1965, COPPER MINERALIZATION IN ANIMIKIE SEDIMENTS OF THE MARQUETTE RANGE, MARQUETTE COUNTY, MICHIGAN: M.S. THESIS, MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY, 55 P.
  • Deposit:: TAYLOR, G.L. 1972, STRATIGRAPHY, SEDIMENTOLOGY, AND SULPHIDE MINERALIZATION OF THE KONA DOLOMITE: UNPUBLISHED PH.D. DISSERTATION, MICHIGAN TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY.
  • Reserve-Resource:: WILBAND, 1978
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