Mine detail: Osceola Mine

Previously called 'North KearsargeSouth KearsargeTamarack JuniorOsceola Mine (Calumet and Hecla Conglomerate)Osceola Mine (Osceola Amygdaloid)'

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Location

Lat / long: 47.22639, -88.46255

Resource(M)

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

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:Calumet And Hecla Conglomerate, Kearsarge Amygdaloid, Osceola Amygdaloid
Host type:Conglomerate,Basalt

References

MRDSW062238
DEP10082874
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. 91-93.}
ReporterSutphin, D.M. (Cannon, W.F.), Mason Jr., G.T.