Mine detail: Ojibway Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 47.33778, -88.26615

Resource(M)

Primary: Copper
Ore: Copper
Gangue: Calcite, Quartz, Prehnite, Epidote
Orebody form: FISSURE
Discovery year: 1907

Production

Operation type: Underground
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1911
Last production ended: 1944

Geology

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

References

MRDSW062205
DEP10082847
Reference{Deposit:: BUTLER, B.S., AND BURBANK, W.S., 1929, THE COPPER DEPOSITS OF MICHIGAN: USGS PROF PAPER NO. 144, 238 PP.}{Deposit:: DAVIDSON, E.S., ESPENSHADE, G.H., WHITE, W.S., AND WRIGHT, J.C., 1954, BEDROCK GEOLOGY OF THE MOHAWK QUADRANGLE, MICHIGAN: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, GEOLOGIC QUADRANGLE MAPS OF THE UNITED STATES, GQ 54, 1:24,000.}{Production:: BUTLER AND BURBANK, 1929, P. 91}
ReporterSutphin, D.M. (Cannon, W.F.), Mason Jr., G.T.