Porcupine Mine, Porcupine Mountains, Ontonagon County, Michigan, USAi
Regional Level Types | |
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Porcupine Mine | Mine |
Porcupine Mountains | Mountain Range |
Ontonagon County | County |
Michigan | State |
USA | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
46° 47' 12'' North , 89° 46' 23'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
Type:
Köppen climate type:
Nearest Settlements:
Place | Population | Distance |
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White Pine | 474 (2017) | 14.8km |
Ontonagon | 1,324 (2017) | 36.1km |
Wakefield | 1,725 (2017) | 36.9km |
Bessemer | 1,770 (2017) | 40.1km |
Marenisco | 254 (2017) | 46.0km |
Mindat Locality ID:
126831
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:126831:0
GUID (UUID V4):
8a7805a8-d77d-47f7-bc27-d2dc134cfdf0
The Porcupine Mining Company was organized in 1860 to work an area along the base of the bluff. The company sank two exploration shafts but found no copper in commercial quantities. In 1912 the mine reorganized as the Onondaga and moved its operations to the south.
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Standard Detailed Gallery Strunz Chemical ElementsCommodity List
This is a list of exploitable or exploited mineral commodities recorded at this locality.Mineral List
2 valid minerals.
Detailed Mineral List:
ⓘ Fluorite Formula: CaF2 |
ⓘ Sphalerite Formula: ZnS |
Gallery:
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts | |||
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ⓘ | Sphalerite | 2.CB.05a | ZnS |
Group 3 - Halides | |||
ⓘ | Fluorite | 3.AB.25 | CaF2 |
List of minerals for each chemical element
F | Fluorine | |
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F | ⓘ Fluorite | CaF2 |
S | Sulfur | |
S | ⓘ Sphalerite | ZnS |
Ca | Calcium | |
Ca | ⓘ Fluorite | CaF2 |
Zn | Zinc | |
Zn | ⓘ Sphalerite | ZnS |
Other Regions, Features and Areas containing this locality
North America PlateTectonic Plate
- Mid-continent DomainDomain
USA
- Michigan
- Keweenaw PeninsulaPeninsula
- Midcontinent RiftGeologic Province
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