Copper-bearing Fissure Veins, Keweenaw County, Michigan, Lake Superior Native Copper District (Part 1)

Rocks and Minerals

Volumn 84, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 298-306

  Rosemeyer, Tom ^a  

^a MICHIGAN TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEARING CAPACITY; CONGLOMERATE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; FISSURE; MINERAL EXPLORATION; MINERALIZATION; MINING; ORE BODY;

GREAT LAKES [NORTH AMERICA]; KEWEENAW COUNTY; LAKE SUPERIOR; MICHIGAN; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 70350164696     PISSN: 00357529     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: 10.3200/RMIN.84.4.298-306part1     Document Type: Article

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