White Pine, Michigan
| White Pine, Michigan | |
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| Census-designated place (CDP) & Unincorporated community | |
| An elegant fan of native copper from the White Pine mine. Size 12.3 x 6.8 x 0.1 cm.
An elegant fan of native copper from the White Pine mine. Size 12.3 x 6.8 x 0.1 cm.
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 White Pine, Michigan
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| Coordinates: Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.[1] | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Michigan |
| County | Ontonagon |
| Township | Carp Lake |
| Area[2] | |
| • Total | 5.002 sq mi (12.96 km2) |
| • Land | 5.002 sq mi (12.96 km2) |
| • Water | 0 sq mi (0 km2) |
| Elevation[1] | 899 ft (274 m) |
| Population (2010)[3] | |
| • Total | 474 |
| • Density | 95/sq mi (37/km2) |
| Time zone | Eastern (EST) (UTC-5) |
| • Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC-4) |
| ZIP code | 49971 |
| Area code(s) | 906 |
| GNIS feature ID | 1622143[1] |
White Pine is an unincorporated community census-designated place in Ontonagon County in the U.S. state of Michigan.[4] As of the 2010 census, its population was 474.[3]
White Pine is located at Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.[1] in Carp Lake Township between Bergland, Michigan and Silver City, Michigan, and east of the Porcupine Mountains Wilderness State Park. The Copper Range Company operated a copper mine in White Pine.
It was a station on the Chicago, Minneapolis and St. Paul Railway. Thomas H. Wilcox, a mining engineer, found mass copper in the Mineral River and formed the White Pine Copper Company to mine it. The settlement was given a post office as "White Pine Mine" in June 1915.[5]
The White Pine ZIP code 49971 is a post office box only office serving two noncontiguous areas in Carp Lake Township.[6][7]
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: White Pine, Michigan
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ White Pine - Michigan's Upper Peninsula
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ 49971 5-Digit ZCTA, 499 3-Digit ZCTA - Reference Map - American FactFinder, U.S. Census Bureau, 2000 Census.
- ↑ USPS ZIP Code Lookup
External links
- Mine Site Visit: Copper Range Company White Pine Mine. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Solid Waste, observations from EPA site visit May 5 and 6, 1992
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