Michigan · Ontonagon County
Producer

White Pine

Ontonagon County, Michigan, United States
CopperSilver
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Commodities
PrimaryCopper
SecondarySilver
Commodity typeM
Deposit
WorkingsUnderground
Materials
Other materialsBornite, Calcite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Copper, Covellite, Cuprite, Feldspar, Gold, Malachite, Mica, Pyrite, Quartz, Silver
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
First production1953
Discovery year1865
Identification
Deposit ID10170366
Alternate namesCopper Range
RegionNA
Data scoreA
Coordinates46.7633, -89.46259
References
MINING RECORD, V 106/N 29, 7/17/95, P.5.BINGHAM, E.R., AND J.R. SUFFRON. TAILINGS AREA RECLAMATIONAT WHITE PINE COPPER COMPANY. PROC. OF THE JOINT MIN.AND MET. INST. OF JAPAN - AIME: WORLD MIN. AND MET.TECHNOL., DENVER, COLORADO, SEPT. 1-3, 1976, PUBLISHEDBY AIME, NEW YORK, 1976, V. 2, PP. 741-753.COMPRESSED AIR MAGAZINE. REAWAKENED GIANT. MAY 1968,PP. 10-16.COPPER RANGE COMPANY. THE WHITE PINE STORY. COMPANYPUBLICATION, OCTOBER 1968, 19 PP.COPPER RANGE COMPANY. WHITE PINE, AN INTRODUCTION TO WHITEPINE COPPER DIVISION, COPPER RANGE COMPANY. COMPANYPUBLICATION, JANUARY 1982, 4 PP.ENSIGN, C.O., ET AL. COPPER DEPOSITS IN THE NONESUCHSHALE, WHITE PINE, MICHIGAN. CH. IN ORE DEPOSITS OFTHE UNITED STATES, 1933-1967, V. 1, ED. BY J.D. RIDGE.AIME, NEW YORK, 1968, PP. 462-488.HAMILTON, W.A., AND V. LESSELS. THE WHITE PINE CONCENTRA-TOR. MIN. ENG., V. 8, MAY 1956, PP. 510-516.HAYS, R.M., J.R. SUFFRON, D.Z. SKOLASINSKI, AND J.B.WAKELEE. WHITE PINE COPPER - AN ENVIRONMENTAL ANDECONOMIC ASSESSMENT. PRES. AT 108TH ANNUAL MEETING,AIME, NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA, FEB. 18-22, 1979, AIMEPREPRINT NO. 79-59, 19 PP.LEONE, R.J., R.W. SEASOR, AND T.J. ROHRBACHER. GEOLOGY OFTHE WHITE PINE AREA. CH. IN GUIDEBOOK FOR FIELD CON-FERENCE, MICHIGAN COPPER DISTRICT, SEPTEMBER 30 -OCTOBER 2, 1971, ED. BY W.S. WHITE. MICHIGAN TECH.UNIV., HOUGHTON, MICHIGAN, 1971, PP. 44-64.RAMSEY, R.H. WHITE PINE COPPER. ENG. AND MIN. J., V. 154,NO. 1, JANUARY 1953, PP. 72-87.THOMPSON, R.J. DEVELOPMENT MINING AT WHITE PINE (A CASESTUDY). PROC. 2ND SYMP. ON RAPID EXCAVATION, OCT.16-17, 1969, PAPER NO. 8, 22 PP.TIEN, J., AND J. BJORK. COMPUTER HELPS VENTILATION PLANNINGAT WHITE PINE COPPER MINE. ENG. AND MIN. J., V. 168,NO. 8, AUGUST 1976, PP. 70-73.WHILTON, R.W. PROGRAMMED MAINTENANCE BOOSTS MINE PRODUCTIV-ITY, CONSERVES LUBRICANTS. MIN. CONG. J., V. 61,NO. 6, JUNE 1975, PP. 38-41.WHITE, W.S., AND J.C. WRIGHT. THE WHITE PINE COPPER DEPOS-IT, ONTONAGON COUNTY, MICHIGAN. ECON. GEOL., V. 49,NOVEMBER 1954, PP. 675-716.SKILLINGS', COPPER RANGE INCREASING COPPER PRODUCTION ATWHITE PINE OPERATION TO HIGHEST LEVEL SINCE ITS REOPENINGIN 1985, 1/11/92, P.24-26.FISCOR, STEVE, COPPER RANGE IMPROVES PRODUCTIVITY AND LOWERCOSTS TO MEET THE CHALLENGES OF MINING IN THE 90,ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL, 2/92, P.C26,C27.DILLARD, GARY, METALL, USING COPPER RANGE, PLANS TO BE MAJORCOPPER PLAYER, SOUTHWESTERN PAY DIRT, 9/93, P.14A-18A.METAL BULLETIN MONTHLY, COPPER RANGE STUDIES IN-SITULEACHING, 2/94, P.70.MINING RECORD, METALL MINING ANNOUNCES INCREASED COPPERPRODUCTION, V 106/ N 11, 3/15/95, P.13.PAY DIRT, 10-95, P.19B.MINING RECORD, V 106 N29, 7-19-95, P.5.SKILLINGS' MINING REVIEW, 2-2-91, P.7.SKILLINGS' MINING REVIEW, 8-25-90, P.4.MINING JOURNAL, 2-10-89, P117.SKILLINGS' MINING REVIEW, 1-21-89, P.7.ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL, 1-90, P.C47.MINING ENGINEERING, VOL 49, #4, APRIL, 1997, PP. 62-67 & PP.68-72.METALL MINING CORP., 1989 ANNUAL REPORT, P.8.METALL MINING CORP., 1990 ANNUAL REPORT, P.8.METALL MINING CORP., 1991 ANNUAL REPORT, P.9.METALL MINING CORP., 1993 ANNUAL REPORT, P.7.METAL BULLETIN MONTHLY, 2/94, P.70.ROCKY MOUNTAIN PAY DIRT, 5/94, P.17B.