Mine detail: Cleveland Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

46.79556, -89.57342

Resource(M)

Primary:	Copper
Ore:	Copper, Chalcocite
Gangue:	Quartz, Feldspar, Epidote, Calcite, Chlorite, Tourmaline, Apatite, Mica, Jasper

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Secondary Enrichment
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer

Geology

Host rock:	Nonesuch Formation
Host type:	Siltstone,Shale
Alteration processes:	Copper replacement, sandstone bleaching

References

MRDS	W031534
DEP	10106202
Reference	{Deposit:: COPPER RANGE CO., UNPUBLISHED, 1968, BEDROCK GEOLOGY MAP OF THE WHITE PINE (SE 1/4) QUADRANGLE, ONTONAGON COUNTY, MICHIGAN. GEOLOGY MAPPED AND COMPILED BY COPPER RANGE EXPLORATION CO., INC., AND BY H. HUBBARD (U.S.G.S.)}{Deposit:: BUTLER, B.S., AND BURBANK, W.S., 1929, THE COPPER DEPOSITS OF MICHIGAN: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER 144, 238P.}{Deposit:: WILBAND, J.T., 1978, THE COPPER RESOURCES OF NORTHERN MICHIGAN; PREPARED FOR THE U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, CONTRACT NO. J0366067, 66P.}
Reporter	Yeager, Keith (Cannon, W.), Sutphin, D.M., Mason Jr., G.T.