Mine detail: Mayflower Old Colony Mine

Previously called 'MayflowerOld Colony'

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Location

Lat / long:

47.25667, -88.39477

Resource(M)

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

Production

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

Geology

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

References

MRDS	W062235
DEP	10082871
Reference	{Deposit:: BUTLER, B.S., AND BURBANK, W.S., 1929, THE COPPER DEPOSITS OF MICHIGAN: USGS PROF PAPER NO. 144, 238 PP.}{Deposit:: WHITE, W.S., CORNWALL, H.R., AND SWANSON, R.W., 1953, BEDROCK GEOLOGY OF THE AHMEEK QUADRANGLE; USGS MAP GQ-27, SCALE 1:24000}
Reporter	Sutphin, D.M. (Cannon, W.F.), Mason Jr., G.T.