Mine detail: Garden City Mine

Previously called 'Hill MineCaton Mine'

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Location

Lat / long: 47.40667, -88.27587

Resource(M)

Primary: Copper
Ore: Copper
Orebody form: IRREGULAR

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Fissure
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer
Production years: 1859, 1861, 1863, 1864, 1866
First production started: 1859
Last production ended: 1868

Geology

Host rock:Portage Lake Volcanics, Ashbed Amygdaloid
Host type:Andesite
Structure:Syncline

References

MRDSW062198
DEP10082840
Reference{Deposit:: BUTLER, B.S., AND BURBANK, W.S., 1929, THE COPPER DEPOSITS OF MICHIGAN: USGS PROF PAPER NO. 144, 238 PP.}{Deposit:: CORNWALL, H. R., 1954, BEDROCK GEOLOGY OF THE PHOENIX QUADRANGLE, MICHIGAN: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, GEOLOGIC QUADRANGLE MAPS OF THE UNITED STATES, GQ 34, 1:24,000.}{Deposit:: JOHNSON, A.M. AND GROTH, E.H., 1998, INVENTORY OF UNDERGROUND MINES, KEWEENAW COUNTY, P. 125-129, SITE ID # 420089, MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES.}{Production:: BUTLER AND BURBANK, 1929, P. 85.}
ReporterSutphin, D.M. (Cannon, W.F.), Mason Jr., G.T., Anderson, Arlene (M. Gere)