Commodities
PrimaryCopper
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeSecondary Enrichment
Model96: Native Cu
Deposit sizeM
Orebody formFISSURES
Ore controlConcentrated in shoots (stratigraphic in amygdaloid of fissure related)
Materials
Ore mineralsCopper
GangueQuartz, Calcite, Epidote, Pumpellyite-(Mg), Chlorite, Feldspar
Geology
Host rockBasalt · Portage Lake Volcanics
AlterationRemoval of hematite, copper replacement, quartz-pumpellyite bleaching
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1850
Last production1900
Discovery year1846
Identification
Deposit ID10080382
MRDS IDW031508
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates46.66111, -89.38591
References
COPPER RANGE CO., UNPUBLISHED, 1968, BEDROCK GEOLOGY MAP OF THE MATCHWOOD (NW 1/4) QUADRANGLE, ONTONAGON COUNTY, MICHIGAN. GEOLOGY MAPPED AND COMPILED BY COPPER RANGE EXPLORATION CO., INC., AND BY H. HUBBARD (U.S.G.S.)BUTLER, B.S., AND BURBANK, W.S., 1929, THE COPPER DEPOSITS OF MICHIGAN: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER 144, 238P.WILBAND, J.T., 1978, THE COPPER RESOURCES OF NORTHERN MICHIGAN; PREPARED FOR THE U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, CONTRACT NO. J0366067, 66P.JOHNSON, A.M., AND GROTH, E.H.,, 1998, INVENTORY OF UNDERGROUND MINES, ONTONAGON COUNTY, P. 193-198, MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES.BUTLER AND BURBANK (1929)