Michigan · Keweenaw County
Past Producer

Seneca

Keweenaw County, Michigan, United States
Copper
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Commodities
PrimaryCopper
Commodity typeM
Deposit
WorkingsUnderground
Materials
Other materialsBarite, Calcite, Chlorite, Copper, Epidote, Hematite, Laumontite, Plagioclase, Prehnite, Pyroxene, Quartz, Saponite, Silver
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1887
Discovery year1874
Identification
Deposit ID10292488
MRDS IDW062204
Alternate namesSeneca No. 2, Kearsarge Lode
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates47.3811, -88.34864
References
WEEGE, R.J., AND J.P. POLLOCK. EXPLORATION METHODS IN THECOPPER COUNTRY, KEWEENAW PENINSULA, MICHIGAN. CHAPTERIN PAPERS PRESENTED AT THE AIME PACIFIC SOUTHWEST MIN-ERAL INDUSTRY CONFERENCE, SPARKS NEVADA, MAY 5-7, 1965SESSION ON NORTH AMERICAN EXPLORATION AND MINE DEVELOP-MENT; 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. J0366067, UNPUBL. FINAL REPT., 1978, 66 PP.; COPY AT E.F.O.CBRODERICK, T.M. 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.ANONYMOUS. ANNUAL REPORT FOR THE SENECA BRANCH, CALUMET ANDHECLA CORP. TO THE STATE GEOLOGIST, GEOLOGICAL SURVEYDIVISION MICHIGAN DEPT. OF CONSERVATION. CALUMET ANDHECLA CONFIDENTIAL PRIVATE REPT., 1968, 8 PP.BRODERICK, T.M., C.D. HOHL, AND H.N. EIDEMILLER. RECENTCONTRIBUTIONS TO THE GEOLOGY OF THE MICHIGAN COPPERDISTRICT. ECON. GEOL., V. 41, NO. 7, 1946, PP.675-725.WHITE, 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.DAVIDSON, E.S., ET AL. BEDROCK GEOLOGY OF THE MOHAWK QUAD-RANGLE, MICHIGAN. USGS MAP GQ-54, 1955.HORE, R.E. MICHIGAN COPPER DEPOSITS. IN MINERAL RESOURCESOF MICHIGAN, PUBLICATION 19, GEOL. SERIES 16, MICHIGANGEOL. AND BIOLOGICAL SURVEY, 1914.HORE, R.E. THE COPPER INDUSTRY OF MICHIGAN. IN MINERAL RE-SOURCES OF MICHIGAN, PUBL. , GEOL. SERIES 6, MICHIGANAASE,J. MICHIGAN NATIVE COPPER AVAILABILITY STUDY. RE-SERVES PORTION OF UNPUBLISHED BUMINES REPT., 1971,42PP.BUTLER, B.S. AND W.S. BURBANK.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.CORNWALL, H.R., ET AL. DETAILED GEOLOGIC MAPS OF RECENTLYACTIVE COPPER MINES, HOUGHTON AND KEWEENAW COUNTIES,MICHIGAN. U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN FILE REPT., 1947, 43PP., 24 PLATES.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.HARDENBERG, H.J. KEARSARGE LODE. UNPUBLISHED PRIVATE RE-PORTS TO MICHIGAN TAX COMMISSION, 1966, 1967, AND 1972.PARDEE, F.G. KEARSARGE LODE - SENECA MINE. UNPUBLISHEDPRIVATE REPTS., MICHIGAN TAX COMMISSION, 1920, 1929,1930, AND 1939.