Mine detail: Kearsarge Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

47.24528, -88.43311

Resource(M)

Primary:	Copper
Secondary:	Silver
Ore:	Copper
Gangue:	Feldspar, Epidote
Orebody form:	TABULAR

Production

Operation type:	Underground
Deposit type:	Lode
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer

Geology

Host rock:	Kearsarge Amygdaloid, Portage Lake Volcanics
Host type:	Basalt
Structure:	Ophitic flow with distinctive plagioclase phenocrysts in the upper portion.
Alteration processes:	Epidote, red feldspar

References

MRDS	W062232
DEP	10082869
Reference	{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 LAURIUM QUADRANGLE, MICHIGAN: USGS MAP MF-47, SCALE 1:24000.}{Production:: BUTLER, B.S., AND BURBANK, W.S., 1929, P. 88.}
Reporter	Mason Jr., G.T., Sutphin, D.M. (Cannon, W.F.)