Mine detail: Tamarack Junior Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

47.25944, -88.44894

Resource(M)

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

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Lode
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
Production years:	1892-1896 AS TAMARACK JR. THEN BECAME PART OF OSCEOLA MINE.
First production started:	1892
Last production ended:	1896

Geology

Host rock:	Calumet And Hecla Conglomerate, Portage Lake Volcanics
Host type:	Conglomerate

References

MRDS	W062243
DEP	10082878
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}{Production:: BUTLER, B.S., AND BURBANK, W.S., 1929, P.92, 97.}
Reporter	Sutphin, D.M. (Cannon, W.F.), Mason Jr., G.T.