Mine detail: Tamarack Mine

Previously called 'Tamarack 3 and 4'

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Location

Lat / long:

47.25944, -88.46033

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
Production years:	1882-1917 AS AN INDEPENDANT MINE.
First production started:	1882

Geology

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

References

MRDS	W062244
DEP	10082879
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:: JOHNSON, A.M. AND GROTH, E.H., 1998, INVENTORY OF UNDERGROUND MINES, HOUGHTON COUNTY, MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES.}{Production:: BUTLER, B.S., AND BURBANK, W.S., 1929, P. 96-97.}
Reporter	Sutphin, D.M. (Cannon, W.F.), Mason Jr., G.T., Anderson, Arlene (M. Gere)