Mine detail: Seneca No. 1 Mine

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Location

Lat / long:

47.30972, -88.35254

Resource(M)

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

Production

Operation type:	Underground
Deposit type:	Lode
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
Production years:	1872, 1877-78, 1920-1925 AND LATER.
First production started:	1872
Last production ended:	1925

Geology

Host rock:	Portage Lake Volcanics
Host type:	Basalt

References

MRDS	W062240
DEP	10082875
Reference	{Deposit:: BUTLER, B.S., AND BURBANK, W.S., 1929, THE COPPER DEPOSITS OF MICHIGAN: USGS PROF PAPER NO. 144, 238 PP.}{Deposit:: DAVIDSON, E.S,, ESPENSHADE, G.H., WHITE, W.S., AND WRIGHT, J.C., 1955, BEDROCK GEOLOGY OF THE MOHAWK QUADRANGLE, MICHIGAN: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, GEOLOGIC QUADRANGLE MAPS OF THE UNITED STATES, GQ 54, 1:24,000.}{Production:: BUTLER, B.S., AND BURBANK, W.S., 1929, P. 95.}
Reporter	Sutphin, D.M. (Cannon, W.F.), Mason Jr., G.T.