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Lafayette Mine + 1 more nearby (Past Producer)W.White Pine Smith Explorat. Copper (Prospect)White Pine Extension Mine (Past Producer)Carp Lake Mine + 1 more nearby (Past Producer)Wauneta Exploration (Prospect)Merryweather Prospect (Prospect)Union Copper Mine + 1 more nearby (Past Producer)Halliwell Mine (Past Producer)Nonesuch Mine + 1 more nearby (Past Producer)Scranton Silver Mine (Past Producer)Scranton Mine + 1 more nearby (Past Producer)Boston & North American Silver Prospect (Prospect)(Facility) White Pine Copper Refinery + 1 more nearby (Plant)Beaser Silver Prospect (Occurrence)Ontonagon Mine + 3 more nearby (Past Producer)Collins Mine + 1 more nearby (Past Producer)White Pine Mine (Past Producer)Derby Mine (Past Producer)White Pine + 1 more nearby (Producer)Sharon Mine + 1 more nearby (Past Producer)Eureka Mine (Past Producer)Hudson Mine + 2 more nearby (Past Producer)Mendenhall Mine (Past Producer)Norwich Mine + 4 more nearby (Past Producer)Hartford Mine (Past Producer)United States Exploration + 1 more nearby (Prospect)Tremont Mine (Devon) (Past Producer)Victoria Mine (Cushin) + 2 more nearby (Past Producer)Minesota Mine + 3 more nearby (Past Producer)Nassau Mine + 7 more nearby (Past Producer)Old Mass (Past Producer)Ridge Cu Mine (Past Producer)Old Mass Mine + 3 more nearby (Past Producer)Flintsteel River Mine (Past Producer)Adventure Consolidated Mine + 1 more nearby (Past Producer)Mass Consolidated Mine + 2 more nearby (Past Producer)South Lake Mine + 5 more nearby (Past Producer)Lake Mine + 3 more nearby (Past Producer)Henwood Mine (Douglass Houghton) (Past Producer)Indiana Mine + 2 more nearby (Past Producer)North Lake Mine (Past Producer)Algonquin Mine (Past Producer)Cherokee Mine (Past Producer)
Past ProducerProducerProspectOccurrenceStatus unknown
43 paw pins; nearby sites are grouped into one pin. Hover or tap a pin for the site name. 1 site(s) with USGS coordinates outside the outline are not pinned. County outline: US Census Bureau cartographic boundary file (2023). Locations approximate.

Woof’s favorite find

White Pine

We picked it because its USGS record mentions 3 gem or collectible minerals (Quartz, Gold, Silver) and 7 of our card minerals overall. No other named site here scores as high on both counts. USGS lists it as producer for Copper. Minerals mentioned: Quartz, Gold, Mica, Feldspar, Pyrite, Copper, Silver. Approx. location 46.763, -89.463. USGS record.

Ask first: a USGS record doesn’t mean you can visit. Find out who owns the land and get permission before collecting.

Field cards: what kind of sites?

76
Past Producer

Produced ore or material at some point in the past.

9
Prospect

Explored or test-dug, with no recorded production.

2
Producer

Was producing when the record was made.

2
Plant

A processing plant site.

2
Occurrence

The mineral was noted here, without development.

Status terms come from USGS MRDS records.

Mineral cards

Counts are sites whose USGS record mentions the mineral or commodity. Hardness from Mindat.

Minerals recorded here

Copper 36Silver 13Chalcocite 10

Commodities

Copper 70Silver 18Gold 1

Sites (first 40)

SiteCommodityMinerals recordedStatusApprox. location
White Pine MineCopperChalcocite, Copper, SilverPast Producer46.744, -89.534
Cherokee MineCopperCopperPast Producer46.843, -88.967
Algomah MineCopperCopperPast Producer46.761, -89.040
Copper Crown MineCopperCopperPast Producer46.666, -89.393
Old Mass MineCopperCopperPast Producer46.756, -89.113
Pittsburg MineCopperCopperPast Producer46.663, -89.408
Lake MineCopperCopperPast Producer46.768, -89.037
Belt Mine (Piscatauqua)CopperCopperPast Producer46.783, -89.067
Clifton MineCopperCopperPast Producer46.655, -89.426
Victoria Mine (Cushin)CopperCopperPast Producer46.700, -89.232
Indiana MineCopperCopperPast Producer46.799, -88.997
South Lake MineCopperCopperPast Producer46.776, -89.054
Norwich MineCopperCopperPast Producer46.661, -89.386
North Lake MineCopperCopperPast Producer46.785, -89.023
Nassau MineCopperCopperPast Producer46.741, -89.145
Union MineCopperCopperPast Producer46.796, -89.624
Toltec MineCopperCopperPast Producer46.779, -89.043
Lake Superior MineCopperCopperPast Producer46.739, -89.147
White Pine Extension MineCopperCopper, ChalcocitePast Producer46.744, -89.724
Scranton MineCopperCopper, ChalcocitePast Producer46.814, -89.585
Lafayette MineCopperCopper, ChalcocitePast Producer46.778, -89.821
Ontonagon MineCopperCopper, ChalcocitePast Producer46.808, -89.569
Nonesuch MineCopperCopper, ChalcocitePast Producer46.754, -89.619
Cleveland MineCopperCopper, ChalcocitePast Producer46.796, -89.573
Carp Lake MineCopperCopper, ChalcocitePast Producer46.815, -89.716
Collins MineCopperCopper, ChalcocitePast Producer46.793, -89.575
Cuyahoga MineCopperCopper, ChalcocitePast Producer46.816, -89.699
Caledonia Mine (Nebraska)CopperCopper, SilverProducer46.751, -89.119
Rockland MineCopperCopper, SilverPast Producer46.734, -89.164
National MineCopperCopper, SilverPast Producer46.727, -89.187
Michigan MineCopperCopper, SilverPast Producer46.731, -89.158
Mass Consolidated MineCopperCopper, SilverPast Producer46.765, -89.100
Flintsteel River MineCopperCopper, SilverPast Producer46.739, -89.131
Minesota MineCopperCopper, SilverPast Producer46.730, -89.176
Adventure Consolidated MineCopperCopper, SilverPast Producer46.773, -89.073
Evergreen SeriesCopperCopper, SilverPast Producer47.367, -88.074
Beaser Silver ProspectGoldSilverOccurrence46.819, -89.569
Lone Rock Silver ProspectSilverSilverProspect46.791, -89.816
Mammoth Silver ProspectSilverSilverOccurrence46.819, -89.579
(Facility) White Pine Copper RefineryCopper—Plant46.750, -89.583

Nearby counties

Gogebic County · Houghton County · Kent County · Baraga County · Iron County

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How we built this page: we counted named sites in the USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) for this area, left out sand, gravel, crushed stone, clay pits and unnamed sites, grouped them by Census county, and linked every site to its USGS record. We did not visit these sites, and MRDS does not tell you who owns the land or whether collecting is allowed.

Source: USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS). USGS ceased systematic updates to MRDS around 2011, so status and details may be out of date. Each site links to its USGS record.

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