Vicinity of Address Restricted, Isle Royale National Park, Michigan. County/parish: Keweenaw.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places November 11, 1977. NRIS 77000153.
1 contributing building. 9 contributing sites. 1 contributing object.
The Minong Mine is a historic mine site located west of McCargoe Cove campground on Isle Royale National Park, Michigan, United States. The district contains both the remnants of a 19th-century copper mine and remains of pre-contact mining activity. Pre-contact archeological sited in the district include a Late Archaic copper mining pit site designated 20KE24 and a nearby site designated 20KE73. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1977 and designated a National Historic Landmark in 2021.
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