Mine detail: Mendota Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

47.40056, -88.01531

Resource(M)

Primary:	Copper
Ore:	Copper
Orebody form:	IRREGULAR

Production

Operation type:	Underground
Deposit type:	Fissure Copper Veins
Production size:	Unknown
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1850
Last production ended:	1866

Geology

Host rock:	Portage Lake Volcanics
Host type:	Basalt
Structure:	Syncline

References

MRDS	LW00104
DEP	10310104
Reference	{Deposit:: JOHNSON, A.M. AND GROTH, E.H., 1998, INVENTORY OF UNDERGROUND MINES, KEWEENAW COUNTY, P. 179-180, SITE ID # 420056, MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES.}{Production:: UNDERGOUND MINE INVENTORY}
Reporter	Anderson, Arlene (M. Gere)