Keweenaw copper mining district

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copper mining district historic mining district

The Keweenaw copper mining district is a historic region on Michigan’s Keweenaw Peninsula renowned for its extensive native copper deposits and 19th–20th century industrial mining operations.

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Observed surface forms (6)

Surface form Occurrences
Copper Country 4
Copper Country mining district 1
Copper Country mining era 1

Statements (53)

Predicate Object
instanceOf copper mining district ⓘ
historic mining district ⓘ
associatedIndustry lake shipping ⓘ
rail transport ⓘ
smelting ⓘ
contains Ahmeek NERFINISHED ⓘ
Ahmeek Mine NERFINISHED ⓘ
Calumet NERFINISHED ⓘ
Calumet & Hecla Mine NERFINISHED ⓘ
Calumet & Hecla Mining Company operations ⓘ
Central Mine NERFINISHED ⓘ
Champion Mine NERFINISHED ⓘ
Copper Range Company operations ⓘ
Eagle River NERFINISHED ⓘ
Hancock NERFINISHED ⓘ
Houghton NERFINISHED ⓘ
Isle Royale Mine (on Keweenaw Peninsula) NERFINISHED ⓘ
Laurium NERFINISHED ⓘ
Mohawk NERFINISHED ⓘ
Phoenix Mine NERFINISHED ⓘ
Quincy Mine NERFINISHED ⓘ
Quincy Mining Company operations ⓘ
Tamarack Mine NERFINISHED ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
currentUse geological research ⓘ
heritage tourism ⓘ
outdoor recreation ⓘ
declineOfLargeScaleMining mid-20th century ⓘ
earlierIndigenousUse prehistoric native copper working ⓘ
economicImpact major regional employer in 19th century ⓘ
major regional employer in early 20th century ⓘ
geologicalFeature Midcontinent Rift System NERFINISHED ⓘ
heritageDesignation Keweenaw National Historical Park core area NERFINISHED ⓘ
knownFor 19th-century copper mining ⓘ
20th-century copper mining ⓘ
native copper deposits ⓘ
lastMajorMinesClosed 1960s ⓘ
locatedIn Keweenaw Peninsula NERFINISHED ⓘ
Michigan NERFINISHED ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States

Upper Peninsula of Michigan ⓘ
miningMethod shaft mining ⓘ
stoping ⓘ
underground mining ⓘ
notableGeology basaltic lava flows with native copper GENERATED ⓘ
conglomerate beds with native copper GENERATED ⓘ
oreType native copper ⓘ
partOf Keweenaw National Historical Park NERFINISHED ⓘ
periodOfPeakActivity early 20th century ⓘ
late 19th century ⓘ
primaryCommodity copper ⓘ
startOfLargeScaleIndustrialMining 1840s ⓘ
transportRoute Lake Superior NERFINISHED ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Quincy Unit → relatedTo → Keweenaw copper mining district ⓘ
Quincy Mine → partOf → Keweenaw copper mining district ⓘ
this entity surface form: Copper Country mining district
Houghton County Historical Museum → locatedIn → Keweenaw copper mining district ⓘ
this entity surface form: Copper Country
Houghton County Historical Museum → subjectArea → Keweenaw copper mining district ⓘ
this entity surface form: Copper Country
Houghton County Historical Museum → regionServed → Keweenaw copper mining district ⓘ
this entity surface form: Michigan’s Copper Country
Coppertown Mining Museum → focusesOnRegion → Keweenaw copper mining district ⓘ
this entity surface form: Keweenaw copper district
Delaware Mine → partOf → Keweenaw copper mining district ⓘ
this entity surface form: Keweenaw Peninsula copper mining district
Keweenaw Peninsula → partOf → Keweenaw copper mining district ⓘ
this entity surface form: Copper Country
Portage Charter Township, Michigan → partOf → Keweenaw copper mining district ⓘ
this entity surface form: Copper Country
Eagle Harbor, Michigan → hasHistoricPeriodOfGrowth → Keweenaw copper mining district ⓘ
this entity surface form: Copper Country mining era