Deposit ID | 10194429 |
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MAS/MILS ID | 0260610045 |
Record type | Site |
Current site name | Quincy |
Alternate or previous names | Pontiac, Pewabic, Franklin, Mesnard |
Point of reference | Main Entrance |
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Geographic coordinates: | -88.56695, 47.1439 (WGS84) |
Elevation | 360 |
Location accuracy | 10(meters) |
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Country | State | County |
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United States | Michigan | Houghton |
Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
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Michigan | 055 N | 034 W | 24 | NESWSW | Michigan |
Commodity | Importance |
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Copper | Tertiary |
Silver | Tertiary |
Materials | Type of material |
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Calcite | Unknown |
Chlorite | Unknown |
Copper | Unknown |
Epidote | Unknown |
Hematite | Unknown |
Plagioclase | Unknown |
Prehnite | Unknown |
Pyroxene | Unknown |
Quartz | Unknown |
Main Entrance (1) | -88.56695, 47.1439 |
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Strike | N35E | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Dip | 55W | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Thickness | 1M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Depth to top | 3M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Width | 2682M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Length | 3810M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Area | 880HA | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Operation type | Underground |
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Development status | Past Producer |
Commodity type | Metallic |
Significant | No |
Discovery year | 1856 |
Year of first production | 1856 |
District name | Michigan Native Copper Belt |
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Type of mineral rights | Fee Ownership |
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Type of mineral rights | Private Lease |
Ownership category | Private |
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Type | Owner-Operator |
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Owner | Quincy Mining Co. |
Interest | 100 |
Home office | New York |
Year | 1977 |
Type | Unknown |
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Owner | Homestake Copper Co. |
Home office | California |
Year | 1977 |
Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
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U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0260610045 |
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ASSESSOR: STATE OF MICHIGAN.
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ASSESSOR: STATE OF MICHIGAN.
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TE REPORT TO THE STATE TAX ASSESSOR: STATE OF MICHIGAN.
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S AT PORTAGE LAKE: PROCEEDINGS OF THE LAKE SUPERIOR MINING I
E, SEVENTH ANNUAL MEETING,(VOL.7).
COOPER,J.B.(1901), HISTORICAL SKETCH OF SMELTHNG AND REFININ
COPPER: PROCEEDINGS OF THE LAKE SUPERIOR MINING INSTITUTE, S
ANNUAL MEETING,(VOL.7).
SWINFORD,A.P.(1881), ANNUAL REVIEW OF THE IRON MINING AND OT
USTRIES OF THE UPPER PENNINSULA: MINING JOURNAL (1882).
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A. (1949), DETAILED GEOLOGIC MAPS OF RECENTLY ACTIVE COPPER
HOUGHTON AND KEWEENAW COUNTIES, MICHIGAN: USGS REPORT.
TODD,W.P.(PRES. QUINCY MINING CO.), (1967), STATEMENT OF PER
ROPERTY OTHER THAN ORE IN STOCK: PRIVATE REPORT.
CORNWALL,H.R., WRIGHT,J.C. (1956), GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE HANCO
RANGLE, MICHIGAN: USGS MAP MF46.
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ICS.
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ATISTICS.
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STICS.
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: THORP AND GODFREY, STATE PRINTERS AND BINDERS.
ANDREWS,R.M. (1909), ANNUAL REPORT 1909: STATE OF MICHIGAN,
ENT OF MINERAL STATISTICS.
DESOLLAR,T.C. (1922), HANDLING UNDERGROUND WASTE ROCK THROUG
GROUND SKIP DUMP, QUINCY MINING COMPANY: PROCEEDINGS OF THE
PERIOR MINING INSTITUTE TWENTY-SECOND ANNUAL MEETING (MICH.
DISTRICT).
BUTLER,B.S. AND BURBANK,W.S. (1929) THE COPPER DEPOSITS OF M
: USGS PROFESSIONAL PAPER 144.
HORE,R.E. (1911), THE COPPER INDUSTRY OF MICHIGAN, PUBLICATI
OLOGICAL SERIES 6, MICHIGAN GEOLOGICAL AND BIOLOGICAL SURVEY
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HIGAN, PUBLICATION 19, GEOLOGICAL SERIES 16, MICHIGAN GEOLOG
D BIOLOGICAL SURVEY.
BENEDICT,H.C. (1952), RED METAL, THE CALUMET AND HECLA STORY
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BOOM: THE BOOK CONCERN,INC., HANCOCK, MICHIGAN.49930.
LAWTON,C.L. (1919,1920,1921,1923,1925,1926,1927,1938,1939,19
),GENERAL MANAGER'S REPORT: REPORT OF THE DIRECTORS TO THE S
DERS OF THE QUINCY MINING COMPANY.
Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
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Reporter | 27-FEB-1984 | Drescher, Theodore A. | U.S. Bureau of Mines |