Mine detail: Mohawk Mine

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Location: Keweenaw County, Michigan, United States, North America
Lat / long: 47.305, -88.35866
dep_id: 10082872
mrds_id: W062236
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Copper
Minor mineral: Silver
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Lode
Production size: Medium ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Copper
gangue: Feldspar, Epidote, Quartz, Calcite
orebody_fm: TABULAR
model: 96: Native Cu
conc_proc: Secondary enrichment by hydrothermal fluids
ore_ctrl: Amygdaloidal basalt flow top
Reporter: Sutphin, D.M. (Cannon, W.F.), Mason Jr., G.T.
hrock_unit: Kearsarge Amygdaloid, Portage Lake Volcanics
hrock_type: Basalt
Year first produced: 1900
yr_lst_prd: 1931
prod_yrs: 1900-1901 PRODUCED MOHAWKITE; 1902-1925 AND LATER PRODUCED COPPER.
References:
  • 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.
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