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from past mining activities within Torch Lake under the Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement (GLWQA), signed by the and Canada. B. Torch Lake Public Advisory Council (PAC) Authorized by and working with the MDEQ and the EPA, the Torch Lake PAC is a group of local citizens and experts involved in improving

In 1899 the property was acquired by the Michigan Mining Company, which also bought the nearby Rockland and Superior mines. In 1903, the Michigan company opened the Calico amygdaloid, which held 3% copper ore, and outcropped on the Minesota property only 140 feet from the outcrop of the Minesota fissure vein.

Jan 08, 2014· Two sites near Torch Lake are listed under the EPA''s superfund program due to historical copper ore processing. In Negaunee and Ishpeming, entire neighborhoods were moved from socalled "caving grounds" where the earth began to sink over the underground iron mines. Nearby, Deer Lake contends with mercury pollution from the mines.

Of all the Areas of Concern in the Upper Peninsula, it is the Keweenaw''s Torch Lake that has suffered the most at the hands of industry and mining. The lake, on which the towns of Lake Linden and Hubbell are situated, was the site of multiple mining operations and copper processing industry all the ...

Elevated/Dis nct PCBs in Torch Lake Water as Compared to Nearby Lakes x SemiPermeable Membrane Devices (SPMDs) were used to measure water column PCB concentra ons at 5 loca ons within Torch Lake and 5 loca ons in Lake Linden, Dollar Bay, the Keweenaw Waterway and Huron Bay.

She cited the July 2010 Enbridge oil spill in the Kalamazoo River, near Marshall, Michigan—the largest inland oil spill in Midwest history. Hedman added that there is a need in the region for company incentives and regulations to upgrade aging pipelines, including lines running near Lake Michigan in the UP.

Mining Action Group The Mining Action Group is a volunteer, grassroots effort to defend the clean water and wild places of Michigan''s Upper Peninsula from the dangers of sulfide mining – previously known as Save the Wild

Aug 10, 2006· This is the Southern tip of Torch Lake where it flows into Torch River on its way to Lake Michigan, and the massive "sand bar" seen as the white plume area to the right, where all the and boys like to hang out (think Daytona Beach on boats). The threetone blue colors (rocky shore area, sandy shallow areas, and then the dark blue

If sulfide wastes from the proposed mine pollute the Menominee River, the largest population of lake sturgeon in the Lake Michigan basin may lose their spawning grounds. The Menominee Indian Tribe has a huge stake in the proposed project. The area contains multiple tribal burial grounds, which would be destroyed if the Back Forty Mine is created.

Torch Golf Course at AGaMing Golf Club in Kewadin, Michigan: details, stats, scorecard, course layout, tee times, photos, reviews

Michigan Department of Environmental Quality 3350 N. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. Building #44, 3rd Floor Lansing, MI 48906 Re: Abandoned Mining Waste Torch Lake Work Order: . Dear Amy, ALS Environmental received 4 samples on 20Jun .

May 24, 2012· Michigan created a new mine regulation law, enacted in 2006, in anticipation of a sulfide mining boom. It was crafted by a group of regulators, environmentalists and industry officials who recognized that sulfide mining could conceivably harm the environment in more ways than iron mining operations did in the past.

Mar 13, 2009· Hinson, a New York admirer of Michigan''s copper industry, wrote in 1891 that the sheer volume of stamp sand washed into Portage Lake threatened navigation, which led to federal intervention and prompted a shift to disposing stamp sand and slag in Houghton County''s Torch Lake.

Eagle Mine was the first operation to be permitted under Michigan''s NonFerrous Metallic Mining Law, better known as Part 632. Copperwood Mine. On March 13, 2013, the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) issued Orvana Corporation, of Toronto, Ont. final permits to begin mining north of Wakefield, in Gogebic County.

Michigan created a new mine regulation law, enacted in 2006, in anticipation of a sulfide mining boom. It was crafted by a group of regulators, environmentalists and industry officials who recognized that sulfide mining could conceivably harm the environment in more ways than iron mining .

Jun 21, 2007· We just had 2 bass T''s on the Torch/Elk chain a weekend ago. Smallies were bedding everywhere. It was a slaughter on the lake. By now they are in a post spawn pattern. Very good fishing still. Skeg. is a good lake to fish also, but everyyyyone fishes it. Belaire is a fantasticccccc lake for big smallies and eye''s.

High concentrations of copper and other heavy metals in Torch Lake sediments, toxic discharges into the lakes, and fish abnormalities prompted many investigations into longand shortterm impacts attributed to mine waste disposal. The International Joint Commission Water Quality Board designated Torch Lake as a Great Lakes Area of Concern in 1983.

Timeline of Michigan Copper Mining 1951 to Present. ... White Pine becomes the major producer of copper in Michigan. ... Both CH and Quincy mining companies used the dredge to reclaim copper from stamp sands dumped into Torch Lake. It was abandoned when Quincy closed.

The Quincy Dredge Number Two (previously known as the Calumet and Hecla Dredge Number One) is a dredge currently sunk in shallow water in Torch Lake, across M26 from the Quincy Mining Company Stamp Mills Historic District and just east of Mason in Osceola Township. It was constructed to reclaim stamping sand from the lake for further processing, and was designated a Michigan State Historic ...

The remedial efforts at the Torch Lake Superfund site have played a large role in removing beneficial use impairments in the AOC. AOC Boundaries. The Torch Lake Area of Concern is located on the Keweenaw Peninsula within Houghton County on the northwestern shore of Michigan''s Upper Peninsula and on Lake Superior''s southern shore.

Jul 24, 2017· The mine was the first Michigan copper mine to switch from fissure mining to amygdaloid mining, when the recently discovered Pewabic amygdaloid lode was found to cross Quincy property in 1856. Highgrade fissure veins contained large, pure masses of copper, but the masses could take days or even months to extract, at high cost.

Project/Site: Abandoned Mining WasteTorch Lake Method Method Description Protocol Laboratory 8260B Volatile Organic Compounds (GC/MS) SW846 TAL CAN 6010B Metals (ICP) SW846 TAL CAN 7470A Mercury (CVAA) SW846 TAL CAN 9012A Cyanide, Total and/or Amenable SW846 TAL CAN 9034 Sulfide, Acid soluble and Insoluble (Titrimetric) SW846 TAL CAN

interest to Michigan mine research, however, are the following serial titles held in the Michigan Tech Archives: • Proceedings of the Lake Superior Mining Institute (, ). LSMI was a professional organization of mining engineers in Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota, and Ontario, Canada. Their annual meetings rotated around the

The Michigan Department of Environmental Quality flagged nine Michigan beaches for increased bacteria levels. Some of the levels are due to runoff, while some are listed as unknown.
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