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Houghton County Historical Marker, Houghton County, Michigan, United States


Type:Park - an area, often of forested land, maintained as a place of beauty, or for recreation
Mindat.org Region:Houghton, Houghton County, Michigan, USA
Region:Houghton County, Michigan, United States
Latitude:47° 7' 13" N
Longitude:88° 34' 9" W
Lat/Long (dec):47.12028,-88.56917
KΓΆppen climate type:Dfb : Warm-summer humid continental climate
Elevation:220m
Mindat Feature ID:7132103
Long-form Identifier:mindat:2:6:7132103:7
GUID:c2a5c740-5aab-4dea-b60a-5b065dfc7566
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LocalityLatitudeLongitudeDistanceBearing
Portage Mine (Grand Portage Mine), Houghton, Houghton County, Michigan, USA47° 6' 56" N88° 34' 1" W0.5km (0.3 miles)
Columbian Mine (Albion Mine), Sheldon-Columbian Mine, Houghton, Houghton County, Michigan, USA47° 6' 59" N88° 33' 50" W0.6km (0.4 miles)
Sheldon Mine, Sheldon-Columbian Mine, Houghton, Houghton County, Michigan, USA47° 6' 59" N88° 33' 50" W0.6km (0.4 miles)
Sheldon-Columbian Mine, Houghton, Houghton County, Michigan, USA47° 6' 59" N88° 33' 50" W0.6km (0.4 miles)
Quincy Smelter, Ripley, Franklin Township, Houghton County, Michigan, USA47° 7' 31" N88° 33' 50" W0.7km (0.4 miles)
Isle Royal No. 1 shaft, Isle Royal Mines, Houghton, Houghton County, Michigan, USA47° 6' 47" N88° 33' 56" W0.8km (0.5 miles)
Hurontown, Portage Township, Houghton County, Michigan, USA47° 6' 39" N88° 34' 24" W1.1km (0.7 miles)
Michigan Tech University Experimental Mine (East Adit), Quincy Mine, Quincy Township, Houghton County, Michigan, USA47° 7' 50" N88° 34' 26" W1.2km (0.7 miles)
Ripley, Franklin Township, Houghton County, Michigan, USA47° 7' 36" N88° 33' 12" W1.4km (0.9 miles)
Unnamed Copper Prospect (MRDS - 10291201), Houghton, Houghton County, Michigan, USA47° 6' 39" N88° 33' 24" W1.4km (0.9 miles)
Isle Royal No. 2 shaft, Isle Royal Mines, Portage Township, Houghton County, Michigan, USA47° 6' 27" N88° 34' 14" W1.4km (0.9 miles)
Ripley Exploration Prospect, Ripley, Franklin Township, Houghton County, Michigan, USA47° 7' 44" N88° 33' 6" W1.6km (1.0 miles)
Unnamed pits, Hancock, Houghton County, Michigan, USA47° 7' 40" N88° 35' 15" W1.6km (1.0 miles)
Mabbs Mine, Houghton, Houghton County, Michigan, USA47° 6' 38" N88° 33' 8" W1.6km (1.0 miles)
Huron Creek occurrences, Houghton, Houghton County, Michigan, USA47° 6' 38" N88° 35' 13" W1.7km (1.1 miles)
Quincy Mine, Quincy Township, Houghton County, Michigan, USA47° 8' 11" N88° 34' 30" W1.8km (1.1 miles)
Hancock Mine, Hancock, Houghton County, Michigan, USA47° 7' 44" N88° 35' 25" W1.9km (1.2 miles)
Old Quincy Mine No. 2, Quincy Mine, Quincy Township, Houghton County, Michigan, USA47° 8' 12" N88° 34' 30" W1.9km (1.2 miles)
Old Quincy Mine No. 1, Quincy Mine, Quincy Township, Houghton County, Michigan, USA47° 8' 16" N88° 34' 27" W2.0km (1.2 miles)
Pewabic, Franklin Township, Houghton County, Michigan, USA47° 8' 17" N88° 34' 0" W2.0km (1.3 miles)
Huron Mine (Houghton Mine), Houghton, Houghton County, Michigan, USA47° 6' 17" N88° 35' 12" W2.2km (1.3 miles)
Unnamed Copper Prospect (MRDS - 10146519), Houghton, Houghton County, Michigan, USA47° 6' 50" N88° 35' 49" W2.2km (1.4 miles)
Pewabic Mine, Pewabic, Franklin Township, Houghton County, Michigan, USA47° 8' 27" N88° 34' 14" W2.3km (1.4 miles)
Naumkeag Mine, Houghton, Houghton County, Michigan, USA47° 6' 42" N88° 35' 53" W2.4km (1.5 miles)
Franklin Mine, Franklin Township, Houghton County, Michigan, USA47° 8' 31" N88° 34' 23" W2.5km (1.5 miles)
Franklin Mine, Franklin Mine, Franklin Township, Houghton County, Michigan, USA47° 8' 36" N88° 34' 4" W2.6km (1.6 miles)
Isle Royal No. 4 shaft, Isle Royal Mines, Portage Township, Houghton County, Michigan, USA47° 5' 50" N88° 34' 50" W2.7km (1.7 miles)
Isle Royal Mines, Portage Township, Houghton County, Michigan, USA47° 5' 50" N88° 34' 48" W2.7km (1.7 miles)
Douglass Copper Mine, Ripley, Franklin Township, Houghton County, Michigan, USA47° 8' 20" N88° 32' 26" W3.0km (1.9 miles)
Dodgeville, Portage Township, Houghton County, Michigan, USA47° 5' 38" N88° 34' 52" W3.1km (1.9 miles)

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Regions in mindat.org that contain this locality

RegionType
North America PlateTectonic Plate
Mid-continent Domain, North America PlateDomain
USACountry
Michigan, USAState
Houghton County, Michigan, USACounty
Houghton, Houghton County, Michigan, USACity
Keweenaw Peninsula, Michigan, USAPeninsula
Midcontinent Rift, USAGeologic Province

Regions in GADM Database

RegionGADM number
United States, Michigan, Lake Superior244.23.1275.0.0.0
 
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