Mine detail: Alger Gold Prospect

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Location

Lat / long:

46.55972, -87.67141

Resource(M)

Primary:	Gold
Ore:	Gold
Gangue:	Quartz
Discovery year:	1844

Production

Operation type:	Underground
Production size:	Unknown
Development status:	Prospect
First production started:	1883
Last production ended:	1885

Geology

Host rock:	Goodrich Quartzite
Host type:	Quartzite
Structure:	Regional trends are east-west.

References

MRDS	LW00192
DEP	10310192
Reference	JOHNSON, A.M. AND GROTH, E.H., 1998, INVENTORY OF UNDERGROUND MINES, MARQUETTE COUNTY, MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES.
Reporter	Anderson, Arlene (M. Gere)