Phillips Gold Exploration

Prospect in Marquette county in Michigan, United States with commodity Gold

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID	10310158
MRDS ID	LW00158
Record type	Site
Current site name	Phillips Gold Exploration

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates:	-87.72308, 46.53167 (WGS84)
Location accuracy	1000(meters)
Relative position	ISHPEMING TOWNSHIP; JUST WEST OF THE ROPES GOLD MINE
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Geographic areas

Country	State	County
United States	Michigan	Marquette

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian	Township	Range	Section	Fraction	State
Michigan	48N	27W	30	SE OF NE	Michigan

Commodities

Commodity	Importance
Gold	Primary

Comments on the commodity information

QUARTZ VEIN IN BLACK SERPENTINE

Materials information

Materials	Type of material
Gold	Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1)	-87.72308, 46.53167	ListMap

Geologic structures

Type of structure	Regional
Structure description	Regional trends are from east to west

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type	Underground
Development status	Prospect
Commodity type	Metallic
Significant	No
Year of first production	1884

Mining district

District name	Marquette Greenstone District

Ownership information

Type Owner

Owner Deer Lake Iron Co.
Type Owner

Owner Phillips Gold Mining Co.
Type Owner

Owner Callahan Mining Co.

Comments on the workings information

IN ADDITION TO PHILLIPS SHAFT THERE WAS A DEER LAKE IRON CO. EXPLORATION SHAFT: SHAFT #1 (8 X 10), 60 FEET DEEP; 50 FEET EAST OF SHAFT THERE IS AN ADIT INTO HILL, #2 SHAFT IS ON TOP OF HILL, 90 FEET DEEP AND IS CONNECTED TO ADIT BELOW.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Deposit

JOHNSON, A.M. AND GROTH, E.H., 1998, INVENTORY OF UNDERGROUND MINES, MARQUETTE COUNTY, P. 373-374, SITE ID 520155, MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES.

Reporter information

Type	Date	Name	Affiliation	Comment
Reporter	07-AUG-2002	Anderson, Arlene (M. Gere)	Michigan Department of Natural Resources