Mine detail: North Kearsarge

Previously called 'Osceola'

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Location

Lat / long: 47.8333, -88.40475

Resource(M)

Tertiary: Copper
Other material: Calcite, Chlorite, Copper, Epidote, Hematite, Plagioclase, Pyroxene, Quartz, Silver
Discovery year: 1871

Production

Operation type: Underground
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1897

Geology

References

MAS260610051
DEP10121587
Reference{Deposit:: BUTLER,B.S. AND BURBANK,W.S., 1929, THE COPPER DEPOSITS OF M}{Deposit:: : U.S.G.S. PROF. PAPER 144.}{Deposit:: WHITE,W.S., 1968, THE NATIVE COPPER DEPOSITS OF MICHIGAN. IN}{Deposit:: POSITS OF THE UNITED STATES 1933/1967, J.D.RIDGE, ED., AIME,}{Deposit:: VOL. I, P.303-326.}{Deposit:: CORNWALL,H.R., RUNNER,J.J., STORMQUIST,A.A., SWANSON,R.H., W}{Deposit:: A., 1949, DETAILED GEOLOGIC MAPS OF RECENTLY ACTIVE COPPER M}{Deposit:: OUGHTON AND KEWEENAW COUNTIES, MICH., UNPUB. U.S.G.S. OPEN F}{Deposit:: ORT.}{Deposit:: BRODERICK,T.M., ET AL., 1946, RECENT CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE GE}{Deposit:: F THE MICHIGAN COPPER DISTRICT: ECON. GEOL.,V.41, P.675-725.}{Deposit:: WHITE,W.S., CORNWALL,H.R. AND SWANSON,R.W., 1953, BEDROCK GE}{Deposit:: F THE AHMEEK QUADRANGLE, MICHIGAN, U.S.G.S. GEOL. QUAD. MAP}{Deposit:: MCKEREGHAN,G., 1955, DEVELOPMENT OF NO.4 NORTH KEARSARGE FRO}{Deposit:: AHMEEK, PRIVATE COMPANY REPORT OF CALUMET AND HECLA.}{Deposit:: HARDENBERG,H.J., 1956, NORTH KEARSARGE, REPORT TO TAX ASSESS}{Deposit:: CH. DEPT. NAT. RES., UNPUB. DOCUMENT.}{Deposit:: HARDENBERG,H.J., 1972, NORTH KEARSARGE, REPORT TO TAX ASSESS}{Deposit:: BENEDICT,H.C., 1952, RED METAL THE CALUMET AND HECLA STORY,}{Deposit:: ITY OF MICHIGAN PRESS, ANN ARBOR, 257P.}{Deposit:: HORE,R.E., 1911, THE COPPER INDUSTRY OF MICHIGAN. IN MINERAL}{Deposit:: CES OF MICHIGAN, PUB.8, GEOL. SERS.6, MICH. GEOL. BIOL. SURV}{Deposit:: HORE,R.E., 1914, MICHIGAN COPPER DEPOSITS. IN MINERAL RESOUR}{Deposit:: MICHIGAN, PUB.19, GEOL. SERS.16, MICH. GEOL. BIOC. SURV.}
ReporterDrescher, Theodore A.