Michigan gold mining
Minerals in Michigan
Michigan mining facts
Mining equipment
Mining in media
100
gold
100
This mineral is used in wire and pipes
Copper
100
What type of mine is underneath Detroit?
Salt
100
The most common types of mining equipment
Pickaxe and shovel
100
This gold mine shares its name with a pirate in SpongeBob SquarePants
The Lost Dutchman mine
200
gold prospecting map
200
this mineral is used in circuit boards and high voltage connections
silver
200
In 2005 MI was the second largest producer of which mineral
Iron
200
The most common blasting agent
TNT
200
What type in mine can you tour in Vulcan MI
Iron
300
Between the 1881 to 1897 how much gold was found?
$1 billion
300
This mineral can be used to power trains or factories
Coal
300
What is the largest piece of copper ever mined by weight?
26.6 tons
13 x 15 feet
300
This piece of equipment is used to transport stone in and out of the mine
Minecart
300
In the movie October Sky, what type of mine is shown
Coal mine
400
When was gold first found in Michigan?
1845
400
What was the freighter Edmund Fitzgerald carrying?
Iron Ore
400
The Michigan mining college
Michigan tech
400
The largest truck you can find in a mine
Dump truck
400
In 2010, how many Chilean miners were trapped in a coal mine
33
500
How many places in Michigan that have been prospected for gold can be found?
783
500
The state gemstone
Isle royal green stone
500
The first iron mine in the upper peninsula
The Jackson mine
500
This piece of mining equipment is used to sift out the gold from the paydirt
Sluice box
Trommel
500
In Portal, Aperture Science is located where?
A salt mine in the Upper Peninsula