Mine detail: Lac La Belle Exploration

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 47.42222, -87.80419

Resource(M)

Primary: Copper
Ore: Copper
Gangue: Calcite, Prehnite, Quartz, Datolite, Laumontite, Epidote, Chlorite
Orebody form: FISSURE

Production

Operation type: Surface-Underground
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1850

Geology

Host rock:Portage Lake Volcanics
Host type:Basalt

References

MRDSW062193
DEP10082836
Reference{Deposit:: BUTLER, B.S., AND BURBANK, W.S., 1929, THE COPPER DEPOSITS OF MICHIGAN: USGS PROF PAPER NO. 144, 238 PP.}{Deposit:: ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL, 1890, OCT. 18, P. 448.}{Deposit:: CORNWALL, H. R., 1955, BEDROCK GEOLOGY OF THE FORT WILKINS QUADRANGLE, MICHIGAN: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, GEOLOGIC QUADRANGLE MAPS OF THE UNITED STATES, GQ 74, 1:24,000.}{Production:: BUTLER AND BURBANK, 1929}
ReporterSutphin, D.M. (Cannon, W.F.), Mason Jr., G.T.