Commodities
PrimaryCopper
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeSecondary Enrichment
Model96: Native Cu
Deposit sizeS
Ore controlConcentrated in shoots(stratigraphic in amygdaloid or 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
Identification
Deposit ID10080403
MRDS IDW031533
Alternate namesEverett Mine
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates46.91861, -88.852
References
COPPER RANGE CO., UNPUBLISHED, 19688 BEDROCK GEOLOGY MAP OF THE WINNER (NE 1/4) QUADRANGLE, HOUGHTON COUNTY, MICHIGAN.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.