Michigan · Keweenaw County
Past Producer

Kingston

Keweenaw County, Michigan, United States
Copper
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Commodities
PrimaryCopper
Commodity typeM
Deposit
WorkingsUnderground
Materials
Other materialsCalcite, Chalcocite, Copper, Epidote, Hematite, Orthoclase, Quartz, Sericite, Silver
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1963
Discovery year1962
Identification
Deposit ID10219521
MRDS IDW060047
RegionNA
Data scoreA
Coordinates47.2911, -88.38475
References
WEEGE, R.J., AND J.P. POLLOCK. EXPLORATION METHODS IN THE COPPER COUNTRY, KEWEENAW PENINSULA, MICHIGAN. CHAPTER IN PAPERS PRESENTED AT THE AIME PACIFIC SOUTHWEST MINERAL INDUSTRY CONFERENCE, SPARKS, NEVADA, MAY 5-7,1965, SESSION ON NORTH AMERICAN EXPLORATION AND MINE DEVELOPMENT; NEVADA BUREAU OF MINES REPT. 13, PT. C, 1966, PP. 51-61.WILBAND, J.T. THE COPPER RESOURCES OF NORTHERN MICHIGAN. BUMINES MINERALS AVAILABILITY SYSTEM CONTRACT NO. J0366 067, UNPUBL. FINAL REPT., 1978, 66 PP.; COPY AT E.F.O.CBRODERICK, T.N. AND C.D. HOHL. THE MICHIGAN COPPER DIST-RICT. CHAPTER IN COPPER RESOURCES OF THE WORLD, INTER-NAT. GEOL. CONG., WASHINGTON, D.C., 1935, PP. 271-284.CALUMET AND HECLA 1963 ANNUAL REPORT.CALUMET AND HECLA 1964 ANNUAL REPORT.CALUMET AND HECLA 1967 ANNUAL REPORTUNIVERSAL OIL PRODUCTS COMPANY ANNUAL REPORT 1968WHITE, W.S. THE NATIVE COPPER DEPOSITS OF NORTHERN MICHI-GAN. CHAPTER IN ORE DEPOSITS OF THE UNITED STATES,1933-1967, ED. BY J.D. RIDGE, AIME, V. 1, 1968, PP.303-325.AASE, J. MICHIGAN NATIVE COPPER AVAILABILITY STUDY. RE-SERVES PORTION OF UNPUBLISHED BUMINES REPT., 1971,42PP.BROOKS, T.S., R. PUMPELLY, AND C. ROMINGER. UPPER PENIN-SULA, 1869-1873. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF MICHIGAN, V.1, 1873,567 PP.BUTLER, B.S. AND W.S. BURBANK. THE COPPER DEPOSITS OF MICH-IGAN. U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER NO. 144, 1929, 238PP. PLUS SEPARATE PLATES.HUBBARD, H.A. LOWER KEWEENAWAN VOLCANIC ROCKS OF MICHIGANAND WISCONSIN. U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY J. RES., V. 3, NO. 5,SEPT.-OCT.,1975, PP. 529-541.WEEGE, R.J., ET AL. THE GEOLOGY OF TWO NEW MINES IN THE NA-TIVE COPPER DISTRICT OF MICHIGAN. ECON. GEOL., V. 67,1972, PP. 622-633.WHITE, W.S., ED. GUIDEBOOK FOR FIELD CONFERENCE, MICHIGANCOPPER DISTRICT. MICHIGAN TECH. UNIV. PRESS, 1971,82PPWILBAND, J.T. PETROGRAPHIC STUDIES OF KEWENAW ROCKS. UN-PUBLISHED, 1970.WILBAND, J.T. STUDY TO EVALUATE THE COPPER AND SILVER DE-POSITS IN THE STATE OF MICHIGAN. BUMINES MINERALSAVAILABILITY SYSTEM CONTRACT NO. J0366067 (MICHIGANSTATE UNIV.), UNPUBLISHED DEPOSIT FILES, 1978.