Mine detail: Ahmeek Copper Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

47.28944, -88.38449

Resource(M)

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

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Medium
Development status:	Past Producer
Production years:	KEARSARGE AMYGDALOID 1904-22; MASS FISSURE 1909-22
First production started:	1904
Last production ended:	1922

Geology

Host rock:	Kearsarge Amygdaloid, Portage Lake Volcanics
Host type:	Basalt

References

MRDS	W062203
DEP	10082845
Reference	{Deposit:: BUTLER, B.S., AND BURBANK, W.S., 1929, THE COPPER DEPOSITS OF MICHIGAN: USGS PROF PAPER NO. 144, 238 PP.}{Deposit:: WHITE, W.S., CORNWALL, H.R., AND SWANSON, R.W., 1953, BEDROCK GEOLOGY OF THE AHMEEK QUADRANGLE, MICHIGAN: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, GEOLOGIC QUADRANGLE MAPS OF THE UNITED STATES, GQ 27, 1:24,000.}{Production:: BUTLER AND BURBANK, 1929, P. 76-77.}
Reporter	Sutphin, D.M. (Cannon, W.F.), Mason Jr., G.T.