Commodities
PrimaryCopper
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeSecondary Enrichment
Model96: Native Cu
Deposit sizeS
Ore controlConcentrated in shoots (stratigraphic in amygdaloid of fissure related)
Materials
Ore mineralsCopper
GangueQuartz, Calcite, Epidote, Pumpellyite-(Mg), Chlorite, Feldspar, Silver
Geology
Host rockBasalt · Portage Lake Volcanics
AlterationRemoval of hematite, copper replacement, quartz- pumpellyite bleaching
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Last production1906
Discovery year1899
Identification
Deposit ID10080407
MRDS IDW031538
Alternate namesContact Mine
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates46.92333, -88.82978
References
COPPER RANGE CO., UNPUBLISHED, 1968, BEDROCK GEOLOGY MAP OF THE WINNER (NE 1/4) QUADRANGLE, HOUGHTON COUNTY, MICHIGAN.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.JOHNSON, A.M. AND GROTH, E.H., 1998, INVENTORY OF UNDERGROUND MINES, HOUGHTON COUNTY, MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES.