Mine detail: Quincy

Previously called 'FranklinMesnardPontiacPewabic'

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Location

Lat / long: 47.1439, -88.56695

Resource(M)

Tertiary: Copper, Silver
Other material: Calcite, Chlorite, Copper, Epidote, Hematite, Plagioclase, Prehnite, Pyroxene, Quartz
Discovery year: 1856

Production

Operation type: Underground
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1856

Geology

References

MAS260610045
DEP10194429
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ReporterDrescher, Theodore A.