List of Copper Country mines
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
- Adventure mine - In Greenland, Michigan
- Aetna Exploration Copper mine
- Agate Harbor mine - Agate Harbor, Michigan
- Agency mine - Keweenaw County, Michigan
- Ahmeek mine - in Ahmeek, Michigan
- Albion mine (originally the Manhattan Mine) - Keweenaw County, Michigan
- Allouez mine - Allouez, Michigan
- American Mining, Exploring, & Manufacturing Company mine - On Isle Royale National Park
- Amygdaloid & Isle Royale mine - On Amygdaloid Island, Isle Royale National Park
- Amygdaloid mine - Delaware, Michigan
- Arcadian mine - Ripley, Michigan
- Arctic mine - Victoria, Michigan
- Arnold mine - In Copper Falls, Michigan
- Ashbed mine - In Copper Falls, Michigan
- Atlantic Mine - Atlantic Mine, Michigan
- Atlantic Section 16 Exploration Prospect - Baltic, Michigan
- Baltic mine - In Baltic, Michigan
- Baltic mine - In South Range, Michigan
- Bay State Fissure mine - In Phoenix, Michigan
- Bluff Wyoming mine - Mandan, Michigan
- Brooklyn mine (originally the Nahass mine) - Victoria, Michigan
- Calumet and Helca mines
- Cape mine - within the Mosquito District of Copper Harbor, Keweenaw County, Michigan
- Centennial mine - In Centennial Heights, Michigan, Calumet, Michigan and Kearsarge, Michigan
- Central mine - Central, Michigan
- Challenge Copper mine - Toivola, Houghton County, Michigan
- Champion mine - In Painesdale, Houghton County, Michigan
- Cherokee mine - Twin Lakes, Houghton County, Michigan
- Chicago & Isle Royale mine - On the northwest shore of Isle Royale National Park
- Clark mine - Near Copper Harbor, Keweenaw County, Michigan
- Cliff mine - In abandoned Clifton, Keweenaw County, Michigan. Operated from 1845 to 1878.
- Avery shaft
- Clifton mine - Norwich, Ontonagon County, Michigan.
- Concord mine - Ripley, Michigan
- Connecticut mine - Delaware, Michigan
- Copper Falls mine - Copper Falls, Michigan
- Childs Fissure Mine
- Copper Falls Fissure Mine
- Hill Fissure Mine
- Old Copper Falls Fissure Mine
- Owl Creek Fissure Mine
- Garden City mine - Phoenix, Michigan
- Globe mine - In Painesdale, Houghton County, Michigan
- Gogebic mine - Bergland, Ontonagon County, Michigan
- Gratiot Lake Project Prospect - Gratiot Lake, Keweenaw County, Michigan
- Dana mine - in Central, Michigan
- Datolite mine - On Isle Royale National Park
- Delaware mine - In the abandoned town of Delaware, Keweenaw County, Michigan, twelve miles south of Copper Harbor.
- Delaware Fissure mine
- Dover mine - Dover location, Michigan
- Drexel mine - Delaware, Michigan
- Duncan's location - Near Duncan Bay on Isle Royale National Park
- Eagle Exploration prospect - Twin Lakes, Michigan
- Eagle Harbor mines - Eagle Harbor, Michigan
- Eagle mine - A mine under construction since 2010 near Yellow Dog Plains.
- Eagle River mine - Phoenix, Michigan
- Elm River mine - Twin Lakes, Michigan
- Epidote mine - within Isle Royale National Park
- Erie-Ontario Mine - Donken, Michigan
- Franklin mine - Franklin, Michigan. Bought by the Quincy Mining Company in the year of 1908.
- Franklin Jr. mine (Originally the Albany & Boston mine; then the Peninsula mine) - Ripley, Michigan.
- Hancock mine - Hancock, Michigan
- Dupuis shaft
- Hanover mine - In Copper Harbor, Michigan
- Hays mine (originally the Pittsburg & Boston mine) - Copper Harbor, Michigan
- Haytown mine (originally the Pittsburg & Isle Royale mine) - Isle Royal National Park
- Hilton mine (originally the Ohio mine) - Greenland, Michigan
- Hogan mine - Delaware, Michigan
- Houghton Exploration prospect - Superior, Michigan
- Humboldt mine - In Copper Falls, Michigan
- Huron mine (originally the Houghton mine) - Hurontown, Michigan
- Iron City mine (originally the Empire Mine) - within the Mosquito District of Copper Harbor, Michigan
- Iroquois mine - Mohawk, Michigan
- Island mine - On Isle Royale National Park
- Isle Royale mine - South of Houghton, Michigan
- Kearsarge mine - Kearsarge, Michigan
- King Philip mine - Winona, Michigan
- Kingston mine - In Copper City, Michigan
- La Salle mine - Osceola, Michigan
- Lake Superior mine - Ontonagon County, Michigan
- Laurium mine - Laurium, Michigan
- Lucky Bay mine - within Isle Royale National Park
- Mabbs mine - Houghton, Michigan
- Madison mine - In Central, Michigan
- Mandan mine - Mandan, Michigan
- Manganese mine - In the abandoned town of Manganese, Michigan, outside of Copper Harbor, near the Clark mine.
- Manhattan Exploration Prospect - Ojibway, Michigan
- Mayflower Old Colony Mine - Centennial, Michigan
- Meadow mine - Phoenix, Michigan
- Medore mine - Mandan, Michigan
- Mendenhall mine - Victoria, Michigan
- Mendota mine - Lac La Belle, Michigan
- Merryweather prospect - Bergland, Ontonagon County, Michigan
- Mesnard mine - In Hancock, Michigan. Bought by the Quincy Mining Company in 1897.
- Mica Schist Drill Sample Prospect - Tapiola, Michigan.
- Michigan mine - In Rockland, Michigan
- Michigan Technological University Experimental mine - Pewabic, Michigan
- Minesota Mine - In Rockland, Michigan
- Minong mine - On Isle Royale National Park
- Miskwabic Exploration Prospect - Phoenix, Michigan
- Mohawk mine - In Mohawk, Michigan
- Mount Bohemia mine - Mount Bohemia, Keweenaw County, Michigan
- Natick Gap Exploration Prospect - Phoenix, Michigan
- National mine - In Rockland, Michigan
- Native Copper mine - Delaware, Michigan
- Naumkeag mine - Houghton, Michigan
- New Arcadian Exploration - Ripley, Michigan
- New Baltic Copper Company mine - Wolverine, Michigan
- New Baltic Exploration prospect - Houghton County, Michigan
- New York and Michigan Exploration mine - Keweenaw County, Michigan
- North American Mine - Phoenix, Michigan
- North Cliff Mine - Keweenaw County, Michigan
- North Kearsarge mine - Kearsarge, Michigan and Ahmeek, Michigan
- Northwestern mine - In Central, Michigan
- Nonesuch mine - Near Silver City, Michigan. Operated from 1867 to 1912.
- Ohio & Isle Royale mine - within Isle Royale National Park
- Ojibway mine - Ojibway, Michigan
- Old Colony Exploration Prospect - Calumet, Michigan
- Old Mendota Copper mine - Lac La Belle, Michigan
- Oneco Exploration prospect - Hubbell, Michigan
- Osceola Mine - In Osceola, Michigan
- Pacific Exploration prospect - Atlantic Mine, Michigan
- Painesdale mine - in Painesdale, Michigan
- Peninsula mine - Ontonagon County, Michigan
- Pennsylvania Copper Mine - Delaware, Michigan
- Petherick mine - Keweenaw County, Michigan
- Pewabic mine - Pewabic, Michigan. One shaft north of the Quincy Mine, acquired by Quincy in 1891 and renamed to the Quincy #6 shaft.
- Phoenix mine - in Phoenix, Michigan
- Pontiac Exploration prospect - Pewabic, Michigan
- Pontiac mine - Bought by the Quincy Mine in 1897.
- Portage mine (Originally the Grand Portage mine) - Houghton County, Michigan
- Quincy Mine - In Quincy, Michigan
- Reliance Prospect - Keweenaw County, Michigan
- Resolute mine - Keweenaw County, Michigan
- Rhode Island mine - Osceola, Michigan
- Ripley Exploration Prospect - Ripley, Mixhigan
- Robbins Mine - Phoenix, Michigan
- Rockland mine - Opened in 1847 in Rockland, Michigan
- Saginaw mine - On Isle Royale National Park
- Saint Mary's mine - Boston, Michigan
- Scoville mine - Near Scoville Point in Rock Harbor, Michigan on Isle Royale National Park.
- Scranton mine - Silver City, Michigan
- Seneca mine - In Mohawk, Michigan
- Shawmut mine - Twin Lakes, Michigan
- Shelden-Columbian mine - Houghton, Michigan.
- Columbian mine (originally the Albion mine)
- Sheldon mine
- Siskowit mine - In Rock Harbor on Isle Royale National Park
- Smithwick mine - Near the end of Rock Harbor within Isle Royale National Park.
- South Cliff Mine - Phoenix, Michigan
- South Hecla mine - Calumet, Michigan
- South Kearsarge mine - Centennial, Michigan
- St. Clair Mine - Phoenix, Michigan
- St. Louis Mine Exploration - Laurium, Michigan
- Star mine - Keweenaw County, Michigan
- Stoutenburgh Mine - Delaware, Michigan
- Superior mine (Originally the Old Superior mine) - Superior, Michigan
- Tamarack Junior mine - Tamarack, Michigan
- Tamarack mine - Tamarack, Michigan
- Trimountain mine - Trimountain, Michigan
- Vaughnsville Exploration Prospect - Vaughnsville, Michigan
- Victoria Mine - In Victoria, Michigan, closed in 1921
- Vulcan Exploration Copper mine - Keweenaw County, Michigan
- Washington mine - Mandan, Keweenaw County, Michigan
- Waterbury mine - Keweenaw County, Michigan
- Waukulla mine - Bergland, Ontonagon County, Michigan
- Wendigo mine - In the settlement of Wendigo on Isle Royale.
- West Vein mine - Phoenix, Keweenaw County, Michigan
- Wheal Kate prospect - South Range, Michigan
- White Pine mine - White Pine, Michigan. Was the last mine to close in the Copper Country in 1995.
- Winona mine - In Winona, Houghton County, Michigan
- Winthrop mine - In Central, Michigan
- Wolverine Mine - Wolverine, Michigan
- Wyandot mine - Twin Lakes, Houghton County, Michigan
Notes
- 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, Twin Lakes, and Wolverine in Houghton County.
- Also not included on this list are the hundreds of Prehistoric mining pits that exist throughout the Copper Country.