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NPR: Michigan Revokes Approval of Sulfide Mine

The story of the DEQ’s permit reached the national airwaves Friday, on National Public Radio’s All Things Considered.

WLUC-TV: Another Sulfide Mine For Marquette County?

Within the next couple of weeks, a Canadian firm says it’s going to be exploring for possible future mining sites in sulfide bodies in northwest Marquette County.

Prime Meridian Resources Corporation says it will begin looking at sites in what’s known as the Baraga Basin, and in an Iron County region known as Kiernan Sill.

The Marquette County sites are located just a few miles from where Kennecott is proposing to drill its sulfide mine for nickel and copper.

As we have been saying, the Kennecott Eagle mine is just the tip of a very unpleasant iceberg looming square in the path of an unpolluted U.P. and Great Lakes.

Blogger Eric B says Kennecott mine documents are now online

A consultant’s study and technical memo at the center of the Kennecott mine controversy are now available online at the DEQ Web site. The crux of the report, according to the executive summary, is that additional study of the proposed mine’s stability and safety is necessary.

Photo credit: Mine waste at the abandoned Tom Valley Mine. Mac Pass, Canol Road, Yukon. by Lee Carruthers.