Mine detail: Superior Silver Mine

Previously called 'Collins Silver'

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Location

Lat / long: 46.80472, -89.57398

Resource(M)

Primary: Silver
Orebody form: IRREGULAR

Production

Operation type: Underground
Deposit type: Vein
Production size: Unknown
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1873
Last production ended: 1876

Geology

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

References

MRDSLW00150
DEP10310150
ReferenceJOHNSON, A.M. AND GROTH, E.H., 1998, INVENTORY OF UNDERGROUND MINES, ONTONAGON COUNTY, P. 225-226, SITE ID # 660083, MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES.
ReporterAnderson, Arlene (M. Gere)