Michigan · Houghton County
Past Producer

South Kearsarge

Houghton County, Michigan, United States
Copper
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Commodities
TertiaryCopper
Commodity typeM
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1900
Discovery year1887
Identification
Deposit ID10146337
Alternate namesOsceola
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates47.2617, -88.56475
References
BUTLER,B.S. AND BURBANK,W.S., 1929, THE COPPER DEPOSITS OF M: U.S.G.S. GEOL. SURV., PROF. PAPER 144.CORNWALL,H.R., RUNNER,J.J., STORMQUIST,A.A., SWANSON,R.H., WA., 1945, DETAILED GEOLOGIC MAPS OF RECENTLY ACTIVE COPPER MOUGHTON AND KEWEENAW COUNTIES, MICH., UNPUB. U.S.G.S. OPEN FT.WHITE,W.S., 1968, THE NATIVE-COPPER DEPOSITS OF NORTHERN MICIN ORE DEPOSITS IN THE UNITED STATES 1933/1967, J.W.RIDGE, E, N.Y., VOL. I, P.303-326BRODERICK,T.M. ET AL., 1946, RECENT CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE GEOTHE MICHIGAN COPPER DISTRICT: ECON. GEOL., VOL.41, P.675-725HORE,R.E., 1911, THE COPPER INDUSTRY OF MICHIGAN. IN MINERALCES OF MICHIGAN, PUB.8 GEOL. SERS.6, MICH. GEOL. BIOL. SURV.HORE,R.E., 1914, MICHIGAN COPPER DEPOSITS. IN MINERAL RESOURMICHIGAN, PUB.19, GEOL. SERS.16, MICH. GEOL. BIOL. SURV.BENEDICT,H.C., 1952, RED METAL THE CALUMET AND HELLA STORY,F MICH. PRESS, ANN ARBOR, 257P.WHITE,W.S., CORNWALL,H.R. AND SWANSON,R.W., 1953, BEDROCK GEF THE AHMEEK QUADRANGLE, MICHIGAN, U.S.G.S. GEOL. QUAD. MAP