EXPLORING AND MINES OF COPPER COUNTRY # 1 MINE RAT PRODUCTIONS

[@gaborkorthy8355]

As a child in the early 60's I spent summers on the Kiweenaw at Bete Gris. There were still a few operating copper mines than. I spent many a summer afternoon scouring the huge piles of mine tailings out side the Delaware mine ( long closed even than) looking for nuggets of copper.

[@LadyYoop]

WELL DONE! Thank you!

[@TKMINES1]

Thank you !

[@andiarrohnds5163]

for this much pure metal to not be mixed or dispersed within the entirety of the earth, is perhaps the most prominent geological wonder. i would speculate that either it came from somewhere around the core during a specific phase of the earths formation where conditions and temperature allow. not too hot, not too cold. or that it came from outside the earth, also during a specific moment

[@danr1920]

That isn't all that much copper, about three years to produce that amount in the U.S. From the looks of the buildings, I think the mining companies thought they would be in business for centuries. If they knew they were around for only a few decades, they would have used wood. It is a great place to take a vacation.

[@michellepremchand9971]

I used to live there

[@andiarrohnds5163]

this copper is actually the most interesting geological wonder of the world... good luck trying to find a scientist to explain it too

[@TKMINES1]

The Native copper was desolved in solution and deposited into the gas pockets and vescules and pockets of Basalt and Calcite some small some big also due to Hydrothermal replacement deposits.Hardness of 2.5 specific gravity 8.9. Thank you for watching .

[@andiarrohnds5163]

@@TKMINES1 right, there is so much to cover here, and much is missing from this rudimentary explanation. this magnitude and concentration metal doesnt just casually transport itself as whatever source you are quoting suggests. do you perhaps wish to go into further detail of the chemistry involved here? also notice how pure metal doesnt just magically show up this way anywhere else on earth. the response you give to this matter is almost offensive in how you consider it to be good enough of an explanation

[@andiarrohnds5163]

really, for this much pure copper to be deposited this way... think of it for a moment before commenting, please. its hardness and gravity are almost irrelevant here, and only here. do you also perhaps wish to comment on its source? i can really take you for a ride here. i mean we can ride all day with this....

[@TKMINES1]

Pure Metal show up on earth in many places ,Native copper,Native gold ,Native silver in the form of pure nuggets and from open pit mines and underground mines in almost pure form in veins ,gas pockets and with Silicon dioxide AKA Quartz , native silver is found in Cobalt Ontario Canada, native Copper is found on Lake Superior and in the Keweenaw and the state of Arizona and Alaska along with native gold in Alaska and around the world. The metals come from deep in the earth as found in mines that are 7,000 and more feet deep and are pushed through the rock dissolved in a solution of hydrothermal acids precipitating from heat and pressure from a metal rich rock . Gold and other metals also came to the earth from Meteorites hitting the earth and melting into the earths soup mix of minerals . This is the last comment I will make on this for you , if you wish to "ride all day with this " help yourself .

[@andiarrohnds5163]

@@TKMINES1 you must be joking. you are comparing apples with oranges. "nuggets" are completely different and are in no way comparable to float copper in just about any sense. also, once again i must remind you of how metal does not appear as such anywhere else from earth. simply witnessing a visible amount of any metal is quite rare. and here we have some 10ft slabs of native copper. also, please speculate on the amount or conditions in which "hydrothermal acids" can produce such things. this is entirely ridiculous. and i don't see any relevance in meteorites here either. none at all. not just with this topic but also in the grand scheme of things. this is highly disappointing

[@finpainter1]

I have fished walleye along the pilings there.

[@paulde0]

great