Nebraska

Ontonagon County, Michigan, United States

Copper

Land & claims · BLM · live

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Surface manager + active mining claims at this point, live from BLM. The "open to location" notes are a general 1872-Mining-Law guide, not BLM output — decision-support only; verify with BLM MLRS and on the ground before staking or entry.

Commodities

TertiaryCopper

Commodity typeMetallic

Economic & production

Development statusPast Producer

First production1855

Discovery year1855

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References

BUTLER,B.S., BURBANK,W.S. (1929),THE COPPER DEPOSITS OF MICHSGS PROF. PAPER 144.WHITE,W.S. (1968), THE NATIVE-COPPER DEPOSITS OF NORTHERN MIIN ORE DEPOSITS OF THE UNITED STATES, JOHN D. RIDEE-EDITOR.THE AMER. INST. OF MINING, METALLURGICAL, AND PETROLEUM ENGBRODERICK,T.M., HOHL,C.D., EIDEMILLER,H.N. (1946), RECENT COIONS TO THE GEOLOGY OF THE MICHIGAN COPPER DISTRICT:IN ECONOLOGY AND THE BULLETIN OF THE SOCIETY OF ECONOMIC GEOLOGISTS.I.ALLEN,R.C.(1910), MINERAL RESOURCES OF MICHIGAN: ANNUAL REPOHE BOARD OF GEOLOGICAL AND BIOLOGICAL SURVEY FOR 1911.HORE,R.E.(1914), MINERAL RESOURCES OF MICHIGAN: ANNUAL REPORE BOARD OF GEOLOGICAL AND BIOLOGICAL SURVEY FOR 1914.WHITLOW,J.W.(1974), GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE GREENLAND AND ROCKLARANGLES, ONTONAGON COUNTY, MICHIGAN: USGS MAP MF-596.

Identification

Deposit ID10292571

Alternate namesCaledonia

RegionNA

Data scoreB

Coordinates46.75, -89.12007