Mine detail: Petherick Mine

Previously called 'Ashbed'

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Location: Keweenaw County, Michigan, United States, North America
Lat / long: 47.42417, -88.19976
dep_id: 10106399
mrds_id: W062196
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Copper
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Copper
gangue: Calcite, Quartz, Datolite, Epidote, Pumpellyite-(Mg)
orebody_fm: FISSURE
model: 96: Native Cu
ore_ctrl: Fissure
Reporter: Sutphin, D.M., Mason Jr., G.T., Sutphin, D.M. (Cannon, W.F.)
hrock_unit: Portage Lake Volcanics, Ashbed Amygdaloid
hrock_type: Andesite
Year first produced: 1861
yr_lst_prd: 1884
prod_yrs: 1861-70, 1872-77, 1881, 1882, 1884
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., AND WRIGHT, J.C., 1954, BEDROCK GEOLOGY OF THE EAGLE HARBOR QUADRANGLE, MICHIGAN: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, GEOLOGIC QUADRANGLE MAPS OF THE UNITED STATES, GQ 36, 1:24,000.
  • Production:: BUTLER AND BURBANK, 1929, P. 78.
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