Mine detail: Vulcan Exploration Copper Mine

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Location: Keweenaw County, Michigan, United States, North America
Lat / long: 47.43611, -87.78752
dep_id: 10100311
mrds_id: W062191
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Copper
Operation type: Surface-Underground
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Copper
gangue: Calcite, Prehnite, Quartz, Datolite, Laumontite, Epidote, Chlorite
orebody_fm: FISSURE
model: 96: Native Cu
ore_ctrl: Fissure
Reporter: Sutphin, D.M. (Cannon, W.F.), Mason Jr., G.T.
hrock_unit: Portage Lake Volcanics
hrock_type: Basalt
Year first produced: 1864
yr_lst_prd: 1864
prod_yrs: 1864
References:
  • 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., 1955, BEDROCK GEOLOGY OF THE FORT WILKINS QUADRANGLE, MICHIGAN: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, GEOLOGIC QUADRANGLE MAPS OF THE UNITED STATES, GQ 74, 1:24,000.
  • Production:: BUTLER AND BURBANK (1929)
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