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.
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 White Pine, Michigan
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| Coordinates: 46°45′14″N 89°35′03″W / 46.75389°N 89.58417°WCoordinates: 46°45′14″N 89°35′03″W / 46.75389°N 89.58417°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Michigan |
| County | Ontonagon |
| Township | Carp Lake |
| Area | |
| • Total | 5.002 sq mi (12.96 km2) |
| • Land | 5.002 sq mi (12.96 km2) |
| • Water | 0 sq mi (0 km2) |
| Elevation | 899 ft (274 m) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • 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 |
White Pine is an unincorporated community census-designated place in Ontonagon County in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2010 census, its population was 474.
White Pine is located at 46°45′14″N 89°35′03″W / 46.75389°N 89.58417°W 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.
The White Pine ZIP code 49971 is a post office box only office serving two noncontiguous areas in Carp Lake Township.
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