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White Pine, Presque Isle/Copperwood
Michigan, USA
Main commodities: Cu Ag




The most recent source geological information used to prepare this description was dated: 2014.     Record last updated: 19/09/2018
This description is a summary from published sources, the chief of which are listed below.
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    Selected References
Bornhorst T J and Williams W C,  2013 - The Mesoproterozoic Copperwood Sedimentary Rock-Hosted Stratiform Copper Deposit, Upper Peninsula, Michigan: in    Econ. Geol.   v.108 pp. 1325-1346
Bornhorst, T.J. and Logsdon, M.J.,  2016 - Predicting Future Water-Quality Impacts from Mining: A 52-Year-Old Field Analog for Humidity Cell Testing, Copperwood Deposit, Michigan: in    Econ. Geol.   v.111 pp. 527-542.
Brown, A.C.,  2018 - Latent volcanic heat and further unique aspects of early diagenetic stratiform copper mineralization in the White Pine-Presque Isle District, northern Michigan: in    Mineralium Deposita   v.53, pp. 721-728.
Haynes D W  1986 - Stratiform Copper deposits hosted by low-energy sediments: I. Timing of Sulfide precipitation - an hypothesis: in    Econ. Geol.   v81 pp 250-265
Haynes D W  1986 - Stratiform Copper deposits hosted by low-energy sediments: II. Nature of source rocks and composition of metal-transporting water: in    Econ. Geol.   v81 pp 266-280
Ho E S and Mauk J L,  1996 - Relationship between organic matter and copper mineralization in the Proterozoic Nonesuch Formation, northern Michigan : in    Ore Geology Reviews   v11 pp 71-87
Jones, S.M., Cloutier, J., Prave, A.R., Raub, T.D., Stueken, E.E., Stein, H.J., Yang, G. and Boyce, A.J.,  2023 - Fluid Flow, Alteration, and Timing of Cu-Ag Mineralization at the White Pine Sediment-Hosted Copper Deposit, Michigan, USA: in    Econ. Geol.   v.118, pp. 1431-1465. doi: 10.5382/econgeo.5013
Zientek M L, Hayes T S and Hammarstrom J M  2013 - Overview of a New Descriptive Model for Sediment- Hosted Stratabound Copper Deposits: in Zientek M L, Hammarstrom J M and Johnson K M, 2013 Descriptive Models, Grade-Tonnage Relations, and Databases for the Assessment of Sediment-Hosted Copper Deposits - With Emphasis on Deposits in the Central African Copperbelt, Democratic Republic of the Congo and Zambia USGS Scientific Investigations,   Report 2010-5090-J pp. 2-16


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