Torch Lake, Houghton County, Michigan, United States

Type:	Lake - a large inland body of standing water
Mindat.org Region:	Torch Lake Township, Houghton County, Michigan, USA
Region:	Houghton County, Michigan, United States
Latitude:	47° 9' 48" N
Longitude:	88° 25' 22" W
Lat/Long (dec):	47.16335,-88.42286
Köppen climate type:	Dfb : Warm-summer humid continental climate
Elevation:	183m
Mindat Feature ID:	5012391
Long-form Identifier:	mindat:2:6:5012391:7
GUID:	47fb38a9-63d7-4315-b82d-d74f7253d6a1

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Mindat.org localities near to this feature

Locality	Latitude	Longitude	Distance
Oneco Exploration prospect, Osceola Township, Houghton County, Michigan, USA	47° 11' 9" N	88° 28' 27" W	4.6km (2.9 miles)
Douglass Houghton Exploration Prospect, Calumet Township, Houghton County, Michigan, USA	47° 12' 24" N	88° 25' 37" W	4.9km (3.0 miles)
New Baltic Copper Company, Ripley, Franklin Township, Houghton County, Michigan, USA	47° 9' 39" N	88° 29' 26" W	5.1km (3.2 miles)
New Baltic Exploration prospect, Franklin Township, Houghton County, Michigan, USA	47° 9' 38" N	88° 29' 26" W	5.1km (3.2 miles)
La Salle Mine, Osceola Township, Houghton County, Michigan, USA	47° 12' 30" N	88° 28' 23" W	6.3km (3.9 miles)
Unnamed Copper Mine (MRDS - 10121284), Osceola Township, Houghton County, Michigan, USA	47° 12' 44" N	88° 28' 14" W	6.6km (4.1 miles)
Unnamed Copper Mine (MRDS - 10194655), Boston, Franklin Township, Houghton County, Michigan, USA	47° 10' 40" N	88° 30' 29" W	6.7km (4.1 miles)
Laurium Mine, Osceola Township, Houghton County, Michigan, USA	47° 13' 6" N	88° 27' 42" W	6.8km (4.2 miles)
New Arcadian Exploration, Ripley, Franklin Township, Houghton County, Michigan, USA	47° 9' 38" N	88° 30' 47" W	6.8km (4.3 miles)
Unnamed Copper Mine (MRDS - 10291645), Osceola Township, Houghton County, Michigan, USA	47° 13' 9" N	88° 27' 45" W	6.9km (4.3 miles)
No. 6 shaft (Opechee Shaft), Osceola Mine, Osceola, Calumet Township, Houghton County, Michigan, USA	47° 13' 0" N	88° 28' 23" W	7.0km (4.4 miles)
No. 5 shaft, Osceola Mine, Osceola, Calumet Township, Houghton County, Michigan, USA	47° 13' 14" N	88° 28' 10" W	7.3km (4.5 miles)
Osceola Amygdaloid, Osceola Township, Houghton County, Michigan, USA	47° 13' 29" N	88° 27' 31" W	7.4km (4.6 miles)
No. 4 shaft, Osceola Mine, Osceola, Calumet Township, Houghton County, Michigan, USA	47° 13' 23" N	88° 28' 0" W	7.4km (4.6 miles)
No. 3 shaft, Osceola Mine, Osceola, Calumet Township, Houghton County, Michigan, USA	47° 13' 26" N	88° 27' 56" W	7.5km (4.6 miles)
St. Louis River, Schoolcraft Township, Houghton County, Michigan, USA	47° 13' 47" N	88° 24' 33" W	7.5km (4.6 miles)
No. 21 shaft, Calumet & Hecla Mine, Calumet, Calumet Township, Houghton County, Michigan, USA	47° 13' 42" N	88° 27' 1" W	7.5km (4.7 miles)
No. 2 shaft, Osceola Mine, Osceola, Calumet Township, Houghton County, Michigan, USA	47° 13' 33" N	88° 27' 47" W	7.6km (4.7 miles)
No. 1 shaft (Centennial Crosscut; Tamarack Crosscut; Calumet and Hecla Crosscut), Osceola Mine, Osceola, Calumet Township, Houghton County, Michigan, USA	47° 13' 36" N	88° 27' 42" W	7.6km (4.7 miles)
Unnamed Copper Prospect (MRDS - 10194555), Point Mills, Torch Lake Township, Houghton County, Michigan, USA	47° 6' 20" N	88° 28' 40" W	7.7km (4.8 miles)
St. Louis Mine Exploration, Schoolcraft Township, Houghton County, Michigan, USA	47° 13' 56" N	88° 24' 35" W	7.7km (4.8 miles)
Rhode Island Mine, Boston, Franklin Township, Houghton County, Michigan, USA	47° 11' 8" N	88° 31' 14" W	7.8km (4.9 miles)
Osceola Mine, Osceola, Calumet Township, Houghton County, Michigan, USA	47° 13' 44" N	88° 27' 32" W	7.8km (4.9 miles)
Unnamed Copper Prospect (MRDS - 10243445), Schoolcraft Township, Houghton County, Michigan, USA	47° 14' 0" N	88° 24' 39" W	7.8km (4.9 miles)
Osceola, Calumet Township, Houghton County, Michigan, USA	47° 13' 52" N	88° 27' 11" W	7.9km (4.9 miles)
South Hecla Mine, Calumet, Calumet Township, Houghton County, Michigan, USA	47° 13' 45" N	88° 27' 48" W	7.9km (4.9 miles)
No. 12 shaft, Calumet & Hecla Mine, Calumet, Calumet Township, Houghton County, Michigan, USA	47° 13' 44" N	88° 27' 52" W	7.9km (4.9 miles)
Franklin Jr. Mine (Albany & Boston; Peninsula), Boston, Franklin Township, Houghton County, Michigan, USA	47° 10' 49" N	88° 31' 31" W	8.0km (5.0 miles)
Calumet & Hecla 1937 Exploration Shaft, Schoolcraft Township, Houghton County, Michigan, USA	47° 14' 6" N	88° 24' 11" W	8.1km (5.1 miles)
Arcadian Mine, Ripley, Franklin Township, Houghton County, Michigan, USA	47° 8' 57" N	88° 31' 42" W	8.2km (5.1 miles)

Laurium Mine Dumps

Laurium Mine, Osceola Township, Houghton County, Michigan, USA

Osceola Mine fire (1895)

No. 3 shaft, Osceola Mine, Osceola, Calumet Township, Houghton County, Michigan, USA

Osceola No. 5 Shaft (ca. 1910)

No. 5 shaft, Osceola Mine, Osceola, Calumet Township, Houghton County, Michigan, USA

Laurium Mine Dumps

Laurium Mine, Osceola Township, Houghton County, Michigan, USA

Osceola Mine fire (1895)

No. 3 shaft, Osceola Mine, Osceola, Calumet Township, Houghton County, Michigan, USA

Osceola No. 5 Shaft (ca. 1910)

No. 5 shaft, Osceola Mine, Osceola, Calumet Township, Houghton County, Michigan, USA

Laurium Mine Dumps

Laurium Mine, Osceola Township, Houghton County, Michigan, USA

Osceola Mine fire (1895)

No. 3 shaft, Osceola Mine, Osceola, Calumet Township, Houghton County, Michigan, USA

Minerals recorded nearby (within 8.2 km)

Rock types recorded nearby (within 8.2 km)

ⓘ 'Amygdaloid'

ⓘ 'Amygdaloidal basalt'

Regions in mindat.org that contain this locality

Region	Type

North America Plate	Tectonic Plate
Mid-continent Domain, North America Plate	Domain
USA	Country
Michigan, USA	State
Houghton County, Michigan, USA	County
Torch Lake Township, Houghton County, Michigan, USA	Township
Keweenaw Peninsula, Michigan, USA	Peninsula
Midcontinent Rift, USA	Geologic Province

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Regions in GADM Database

Region	GADM number
United States, Michigan, Lake Superior	244.23.1275.0.0.0

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