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I wonder if this will cause mining to be resumed in Michigan's upper peninsula. It is one of the few places in the US that has native copper. Mining mostly shut
by sbradford26 5y ago
I wonder if this will cause mining to be resumed in Michigan's upper peninsula. It is one of the few places in the US that has native copper. Mining mostly shut down in the 1900s due to strip mining being much cheaper out west, but more demand could make it viable again.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copper_mining_in_Michigan https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copper_mining_in_Michigan
- dmurray 5y agoSeems like this (a new way to extract copper from regions with active volcanoes) would make Michigan, a non-volcanic area suitable for traditional mining methods, less attractive for copper mining rather than more.
- AngryData 5y agoYeah there is no need of this tech in Michigan copper mines, most of it comes out of the ground in solid metal form. Just digging through random rocks on the ground or through beach rocks of the area will quickly result in finding pieces of copper in rocks or solid nuggets. I believe the ground content of copper is suppose to be about 1% in that area.