List of Copper Country mines

Miners pose with lunch pails in hand on a mine rock pile outside of the Tamarack mineshaft.

Many copper mines have existed in the Copper Country of Michigan. These include both large-scale commercial ventures and small operations. There are hundreds of Ancient mining pits in and around the Copper Country area, especially on Isle Royale (several of these were developed). Numerous small modern diggings exist around the area as well, including some around Fort Wilkins and the Copper Harbor Light.

Mines

Notes

  1. There exist a fairly large number of unnamed mines within settlements such as Boston location, Hancock, Houghton, Hurontown, Laurium, Osceola, Oskar, Painesdale, Point Mills, Sevenmile Creek, Superior, Tamarack, Toivola, nearby Torch Lake, Twin Lakes, and Wolverine in Houghton County, and Copper Falls, Copper Harbor, Isle Royale, nearby Jacob's Creek, Mandan, Manitou Island, Ojibway, Phoenix, and Vaughsville in Keweenaw County.
  2. Also not included on this list are the hundreds of Prehistoric mining pits that exist throughout the Copper Country.

See also

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