Mine detail: Mohawk Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

47.305, -88.35866

Resource(M)

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

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Lode
Production size:	Medium
Development status:	Past Producer
Production years:	1900-1901 PRODUCED MOHAWKITE; 1902-1925 AND LATER PRODUCED COPPER.
First production started:	1900
Last production ended:	1931

Geology

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

References

MRDS	W062236
DEP	10082872
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}{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.}{Production:: BUTLER, B.S., AND BURBANK, W.S., 1929, P. 90.}
Reporter	Sutphin, D.M. (Cannon, W.F.), Mason Jr., G.T.