Mine detail: Atlantic Section 16 Exploration

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Location

Lat / long:

47.07, -88.61866

Resource(M)

Primary:	Copper
Ore:	Copper
Gangue:	Feldspar, Epidote, Quartz, Calcite
Orebody form:	TABULAR

Production

Operation type:	Underground
Deposit type:	Lode
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Prospect
First production started:	1907

Geology

Host rock:	Portage Lake Volcanics
Host type:	Basalt
Structure:	Syncline

References

MRDS	W062210
DEP	10082851
Reference	{Deposit:: BUTLER, B.S., AND BURBANK, W.S., 1929, THE COPPER DEPOSITS OF MICHIGAN: USGS PROF PAPER NO. 144, 238 PP.}{Deposit:: JOHNSON, A.M. AND GROTH, E.H., 1998, INVENTORY OF UNDERGROUND MINES, HOUGHTON COUNTY, P. 31-32, MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES.}
Reporter	Sutphin, D.M. (Cannon, W.F.), Mason Jr., G.T., Anderson, Arlene (M. Gere)