Commodities
PrimaryCopper
SecondarySilver
Commodity typeM
Materials
Other materialsBornite, Calcite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Chlorite, Copper, Covellite, Epidote, Greenockite, Hematite, Muscovite, Orthoclase, Plagioclase, Pyrite, Quartz, Silver
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Discovery year1950
Identification
Deposit ID10291586
MRDS IDW060095
Alternate namesAmax Michigan, Western Syncline
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates46.6833, -89.9834
References
SOURCE- FILE TRANSFER FROM IFOC ON 9-14-76.,CARPRIVER QUADRANGLES, ETC, USGS MAP GP-579REED,ROBT., 5/11/77 PERSONAL COMMUNICATION, STATE GEOLOGISTGAN DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES.USGS, 1956, THOMASTON QUADRANGLE TOPOGRAPHIC MAP, 15 MINUTEWHITE, W.S., AND J.C. WRIGHT, 1966, SULFIDE-MINERAL ZONING IN THE BASAL NONESUCH SHALE, NORTHERN MICHIGAN, ECON GEOL, V.61, PG. 1171-1190.ANON, XEROX COPY OBTAINED FROM ROBT. REED CONTAINING TONNAGEENSIGN, C.O. JR., ET AL. COPPER DEPOSITS IN THE NONESUCH SHALE,WHITE PINE, MICHIGAN. ORE DEPOSITS OF THE U.S. 1933-1967, JOHN RIDGE, EDITOR, AIME, VOL. 1, 1968, PP. 460-488.ANON. PROXY STATEMENT COPPER RANGE COMPANY. WHITE PINE, MICHIGAN, JULY, 1975, P. 12-13.ANON. ANNUAL REPORT AMERICAN METAL CLIMAX INC., 1958, P. 21.ANON. SKILLINGS MINING REVIEW. V. 46, NO. 38, DEC. 21, 1957,ANON. WAR MINERAL REPORT MEMORANDA. 1957-58, FILE 410-053, 1