Latitude: 47°23'N
Longitude: 88°17'W
An underground copper mine consisting of 1 shaft, 1 adit, and 5 levels. The mine worked a rich fissure copper deposit just north of the Phoenix Mine. Organized in 1863, then absorbed by the Lake Superior Mining Co. in 1880 and later the Phoenix Consolidated Copper Co. in 1899. Produced approx. 1 million lbs. of refined copper. Excellent for pumpellyite, prehnite, and analcime. Good for copper crystals, silver, and datolite.
References
Butler, B.S., and Burbank, W.S., 1929, The Copper Deposits of Michigan. U.S. Geological Survey. Professional Paper 144. 238 pp.
The Copper Country Rock & Mineral Club, 2001, Red Gold and Tarnished Silver, 2nd Ed., 44 pp.
Clarke, D.H., 1974, Copper Mines of Keweenaw; Lake Superior and Phoenix Mining Companies, No. 4, 32 pp.
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