Mine detail: Merryweather Prospect

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Location

Lat / long:

46.575, -89.6787

Resource(M)

Primary:	Copper
Orebody form:	IRREGULAR

Production

Operation type:	Underground
Deposit type:	Fissure
Production size:	Unknown
Development status:	Prospect
First production started:	1852

Geology

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

References

MRDS	LW00128
DEP	10310128
Reference	JOHNSON, A.M. AND GROTH, E.H., 1998, INVENTORY OF UNDERGROUND MINES, ONTONAGON COUNTY, P. 158-159, SITE ID # 660053, MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES.
Reporter	Anderson, Arlene (M. Gere)