Mine detail: Suffolk Exploration

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Location

Lat / long: 47.34472, -88.23448

Resource(M)

Primary: Copper
Ore: Chalcocite
Gangue: Quartz, Calcite

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:Portage Lake Volcanics
Host type:Rhyolite

References

MRDSW062201
DEP10082843
Reference{Deposit:: BUTLER, B.S., AND BURBANK, W.S., 1929, THE COPPER DEPOSITS OF MICHIGAN: USGS PROF PAPER NO. 144, 238 PP.}{Deposit:: WRIGHT, J.C., AND CORNWALL, H.R., 1954, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE BRUNEAU CREEK QUADRANGLE, MICHIGAN: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, 1:24,000.}{Deposit:: DAILY MINING GAZETTE, 11 MAY, 1905.}{Production:: WRIGHT AND CORNWALL, 1954}
ReporterMason Jr., G.T., Sutphin, D.M. (Cannon, W.F.)