Mine detail: Silver Creek West

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 46.62889, -87.77224

Resource(M)

Primary: Gold
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Quartz, Pyrite, Sericite, Ankerite, Cubanite, Pyrrhotite, Arsenopyrite, Galena, Sphalerite
Discovery year: 1988

Production

Operation type: Surface-Underground
Production size: Unknown
Development status: Prospect

Geology

Host rock:Lighthouse Point Basalt
Host type:Porphyry
Structure:Dead River shear zone
Alteration processes:Carbonization

References

MRDSLW00194
DEP10310194
Reference{Deposit:: BORNHORST, T.J., DUSKIN, D.J., JOHNSON, R.C., MAHIN, R.A., QUIGLEY, T.O., AND SCOTT, G.W., 1999, ARCHEAN ISPHEMING GREENSTONE BELT AND GOLD MINERALIZATION, MICHIGAN: INSTITUTE ON LAKE SUPERIOR GEOLOGY PROCEEDINGS, 45TH ANNUAL MEETING, MARQUETTE, MI, V. 45 PART 2, P. 12 - 107.}{Deposit:: JOHNSON, R.C., BORNHORST, T.J., AND VAN ALSTINE, J.L., 1987, GEOLOGIC SETTING OF PRECIOUS METAL MINERALIZATION IN THE SILVER CREEK TO ISLAND LAKE AREA, MARQUETTE COUNTY, MICHIGAN: MICHIGAN GEOLOGICAL SURVEY DIVISION OPEN FILE REPORT 87-4.}{Reserve-Resource:: BORNHORST ET AL., 1999.}
ReporterAnderson, Arlene (M. Gere), Saari, Stacy (W. Cannon)