Deposit
Deposit typeFissure
Model96: Native Cu
Deposit sizeS
Orebody formIRREGULAR
Ore controlFissure
Geology
Host rockAndesite · "Portage Lake Volcanics", "Ashbed Amygdaloid"
StructureSyncline
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Production years1859, 1861, 1863, 1864, 1866
First production1859
Last production1868
Identification
Deposit ID10082840
MRDS IDW062198
Alternate namesHill Mine, Caton Mine
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates47.40667, -88.27587
References
BUTLER, B.S., AND BURBANK, W.S., 1929, THE COPPER DEPOSITS OF MICHIGAN: USGS PROF PAPER NO. 144, 238 PP.CORNWALL, H. R., 1954, BEDROCK GEOLOGY OF THE PHOENIX QUADRANGLE, MICHIGAN: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, GEOLOGIC QUADRANGLE MAPS OF THE UNITED STATES, GQ 34, 1:24,000.JOHNSON, A.M. AND GROTH, E.H., 1998, INVENTORY OF UNDERGROUND MINES, KEWEENAW COUNTY, P. 125-129, SITE ID # 420089, MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES.BUTLER AND BURBANK, 1929, P. 85.