Mine detail: Houghton No.1

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Location: Houghton County, Michigan, United States, North America
Lat / long: 47.2778, -88.41755
dep_id: 10146205
mrds_id: W062212
mas_id: 260610009
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Copper
Operation type: Underground
Development status: Past Producer
other_matl: Calcite, Chlorite, Copper, Epidote, Quartz
work_type: Underground
Reporter: Lyday, Travis Q.
disc_yr: 1841
References:
  • Deposit:: BRODERICK, T.M. AND C.D. HOHL. THE MICHIGAN COPPER DISTRICT.
  • Deposit:: CHAP. IN COPPER RESOURCES OF THE WORLD, INTERNAT.
  • Deposit:: GEOL. CONG., WASHINGTON, D.C., 1935, PP.271-284.
  • Deposit:: BROOKS, T.S., R PUMPELLY, AND C. ROMINGER. UPPER PENINSULA,
  • Deposit:: 1869-1873, GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF MICHIGAN, V.I, 1873. 567 PP.
  • Deposit:: (CONFIDENTIAL SOURCE OF SOME MILL & MINE COSTING DATA U
  • Deposit:: BUTLER, B.S., AND W.S. BURBANK. THE COPPER DEPOSITS OF MICH.
  • Deposit:: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF PAPER NO. 144, 1929, 238 PP.
  • Deposit:: PLUS SEPARATE PLATES.
  • Deposit:: HUBBARD, H.A. LOWER KEWEENAWAN VOLCANIC ROCKS OF MICHIGAN
  • Deposit:: AND WISCONSIN. U.S.GEOL SURVEY J. RES., V.3, NO. 5,
  • Deposit:: SEPT-OCT.,1975, PP. 529-541.
  • Deposit:: MATHEWS, A.A. CAPITAL & OPERATING COST ESTIMATING SYSTEM
  • Deposit:: HANDBOOK. BUMINES MINERALS AVAILABILITY SYSTEM CON-
  • Deposit:: TRACT NO. J0255026 FINAL ED., 1977. 344 PP.
  • Deposit:: WEEGE, R.J.AND J.P. POLLOCK. EXPLORATION METHODS IN THE
  • Deposit:: COPPER COUNTRY, KEWEENAW PENINSULA, MICHIGAN. CHAP.
  • Deposit:: IN PAPERS PRESENTED AT THE AIME PACIFIC SOUTHWEST
  • Deposit:: MINERAL INDUSTRY CONFERENCE, SPARKS, NEVADA, MAY 5-7,
  • Deposit:: 1965, SESSION ONNORTH AMERICAN EXPLORATION AND MINEE
  • Deposit:: DEVELOPMENT; NEVADA BUREAU OF MINES RPT. 13,P. C, 1966
  • Deposit:: PP. 51-61.
  • Deposit:: WHITE, W.S. THE NATIVE COPPER DEPOSITS OF NORTHERN MICHIGAN.
  • Deposit:: CHAP. IN ORE DEPOSITS OF THE UNITED STATES, 1933-1967.
  • Deposit:: ED. BY J. D. RIDGE,, AIME, V.1, 1968, PP. 303-325
  • Deposit:: WILBAND, J.T. THE COPPER RESOURCES OF NORTHERN MICHIGAN.
  • Deposit:: BUMINES MINERALS AVAILABILITY SYSTEM CONTRACT NO.J0366
  • Deposit:: 067, UNPUBL. FINAL REPT.,66 PP.;COPY AT E.F.O.C.
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