Mine detail: Mendenhall Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

46.72722, -89.36341

Resource(M)

Primary:	Copper
Orebody form:	IRREGULAR

Production

Operation type:	Underground
Deposit type:	Fissure
Production size:	Unknown
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1846
Last production ended:	1847

Geology

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

References

MRDS	LW00130
DEP	10310130
Reference	{Deposit:: JOHNSON, A.M. AND GROTH, E.H., 1998, INVENTORY OF UNDERGROUND MINES, ONTONAGON COUNTY, P. 156-157, SITE ID # 660051, MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES.}{Production:: UNDERGROUND MINE INVENTORY}
Reporter	Anderson, Arlene (M. Gere)