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Check access before you go. Most sites listed here are old mines, quarries or prospects, and many are on private land or active mining claims. Get the landowner's permission, check the rules of the agency that manages any public land, and never enter mine workings. Locations are approximate.

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

By county

Marquette County (99) · Houghton County (66) · Ontonagon County (33) · Dickinson County (31) · Keweenaw County (26) · Iron County (6) · Ottawa County (5) · Berrien County (5) · Van Buren County (5) · Muskegon County (2) · Eaton County (1) · Gogebic County (1) · Benzie County (1) · Wayne County (1) · Wexford County (1) · Tuscola County (1) · Mackinac County (1) · Allegan County (1) · Mason County (1)

Sites (first 60)

SiteCommodityMinerals recordedStatusApprox. location
Suffolk ExplorationCopperChalcocitePast Producer47.345, -88.234
White Pine MineCopperChalcocite, Copper, SilverPast Producer46.744, -89.534
St. Louis ExplorationCopperChalcocite, Malachite, CopperProspect47.231, -88.413
Kona DolomiteCopperChalcocite, Pyrite, Malachite, Chalcopyrite, BorniteProducer46.833, -87.750
Superior MineCopperCopperPast Producer47.078, -88.599
Tamarack Junior MineCopperCopperPast Producer47.259, -88.449
Tamarack MineCopperCopperPast Producer47.259, -88.460
Trimountain MineCopperCopperPast Producer47.052, -88.655
Gratiot Copper MineSilver, CopperCopperPast Producer47.315, -88.345
Ripley ExplorationCopperCopperProspect47.129, -88.552
Vulcan Exploration Copper MineCopperCopperPast Producer47.436, -87.788
Lac La Belle ExplorationCopperCopperPast Producer47.422, -87.804
Resolute MineCopperCopperPast Producer47.430, -88.034
South Kearsarge MineCopperCopperPast Producer47.261, -88.418
Baltic AmygdaloidCopperCopperPast Producer47.065, -88.634
Petherick MineCopperCopperPast Producer47.424, -88.200
Baltic MineCopperCopperPast Producer47.063, -88.635
Laurium MineCopperCopperPast Producer47.219, -88.462
Quincy MineCopper, SilverCopperPast Producer47.143, -88.570
Wolverine MineCopperCopperPast Producer47.268, -88.411
Atlantic AmygdaloidCopperCopperPast Producer47.099, -88.627
Lake Superior MineCopperCopperPast Producer46.739, -89.147
Belt Mine (Piscatauqua)CopperCopperPast Producer46.783, -89.067
Osceola MineCopperCopperPast Producer47.226, -88.463
North Kearsarge MineCopperCopperPast Producer47.272, -88.408
Ojibway MineCopperCopperPast Producer47.338, -88.266
Houghton ExplorationCopperCopperProspect47.081, -88.590
Naumkeag MineCopperCopperPast Producer47.112, -88.598
New Arcadian ExplorationCopperCopperProspect47.164, -88.512
New Baltic ExplorationCopperCopperProspect47.161, -88.491
Old Colony ExplorationCopperCopperProspect47.243, -88.396
Oneco ExplorationCopperCopperProspect47.186, -88.475
Rhode Island ExplorationCopperCopperProspect47.185, -88.521
Saint Mary's MineCopperCopperProspect47.167, -88.541
Atlantic MineCopperCopperPast Producer47.100, -88.628
Mayflower Old Colony MineCopperCopperPast Producer47.257, -88.395
Centennial MineCopperCopperPast Producer47.256, -88.423
Champion MineCopperCopperPast Producer47.037, -88.668
Manhattan ExplorationCopperCopperProspect47.352, -88.333
Franklin Junior MineCopperCopperPast Producer47.180, -88.526
Hancock MineCopperCopperPast Producer47.129, -88.590
Isle Royale MineCopperCopperPast Producer47.098, -88.580
La Salle MineCopperCopperPast Producer47.213, -88.469
Mohawk MineCopperCopperPast Producer47.305, -88.359
Seneca No. 1 MineCopperCopperPast Producer47.310, -88.353
Seneca No. 2 MineCopperCopperPast Producer47.381, -88.349
Ahmeek Copper MineCopperCopperPast Producer47.289, -88.384
Bohemian Range ExplorationCopperCopperProspect47.340, -88.236
Indiana MineCopperCopperPast Producer46.799, -88.997
King Philip MineCopperCopperPast Producer46.871, -88.919
Lake MineCopperCopperPast Producer46.768, -89.037
Victoria Mine (Cushin)CopperCopperPast Producer46.700, -89.232
Old Mass MineCopperCopperPast Producer46.756, -89.113
Toltec MineCopperCopperPast Producer46.779, -89.043
Aetna Exploration Copper MineCopperCopperPast Producer47.434, -87.928
Algomah MineCopperCopperPast Producer46.761, -89.040
Shawmut MineCopperCopperPast Producer46.919, -88.852
Cherokee MineCopperCopperPast Producer46.843, -88.967
Wyandot MineCopperCopperPast Producer46.891, -88.876
Calumet and Hecla Conglomerate LodeCopperCopperPast Producer47.246, -88.450

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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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