Mine detail: Iroquois Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 47.32306, -88.35783

Resource(M)

Primary: Copper
Ore: Copper
Gangue: Calcite, Prehnite
Orebody form: TABULAR

Production

Operation type: Underground
Deposit type: Lode
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer
Production years: MINED MORE OR LESS CONTINUOUSLY FROM 1942 TO 1968.
First production started: 1942
Last production ended: 1968

Geology

Host rock:Iroquois Amygdaloid, Portage Lake Volcanics
Host type:Basalt
Structure:Amygdaloidal flow top

References

MRDSW062230
DEP10082867
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., 1955, BEDROCK GEOLOGY OF THE MOHAWK QUADRANGLE, MICHIGAN: USGS MAP GQ-54, SCALE 1:24000}{Deposit:: WHITE, W.S., 1968, THE NATIVE COPPER DEPOSITS OF NORTHERN MICHIGAN: IN J.D. RIDGE (EDITOR) ORE DEPOSITS OF THE UNITED STATES 1933-1967 (GRATON-SALES); AM. INSTIT. MIN. METALL. PETROL. ENG., V. 1, P. 303-325.}{Deposit:: WEEGE, R.J., AND POLLACK, J.P., 1971, RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN THE NATIVE COPPER DISTRICT OF MICHIGAN: IN W.S. WHITE, (EDITOR) GUIDEBOOK FOR FIELD CONFERENCE, MICHIGAN COPPER DISTRICT, SEPT. 30-OCT. 2, 1971, SOC. ECON. GEOL., P. 19-43.}{Production:: WEEGE, R.J., AND POLLACK, J.P., 1971; WHITE, W.S., 1968.}
ReporterSutphin, D.M. (Cannon, W.F.), Mason Jr., G.T.