Mine detail: New Arcadian Exploration

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Location: Houghton County, Michigan, United States, North America
Lat / long: 47.16361, -88.51199
dep_id: 10082855
mrds_id: W062214
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Copper
Operation type: Surface
Deposit type: Lode
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Prospect
ore: Copper
gangue: Feldspar, Epidote, Quartz, Calcite
orebody_fm: TABULAR
model: 96: Native Cu
Reporter: Sutphin, D.M., Mason Jr., G.T., Sutphin, D.M. (Cannon, W.F.)
hrock_unit: Portage Lake Volcanics
References:
  • 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., AND WRIGHT, J.C., 1956, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE HANCOCK QUADRANGLE, MICHIGAN: USGS MAP MF-46, SCALE 1:24000
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