There were seven copper smelters built in the Copper Country in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan:
Calumet and Hecla smelter - Operated by Calumet and Hecla Mining Company and located north of Hubbell on the shore of Torch Lake Detroit and Lake Superior Smelter - Near Hancock Lac La Belle Smelter - In Lac La Belle - Structure was completed, but no furnaces were ever installed. Later was converted by the Keweenaw Central Railroad to a locomotive shop. Michigan Smelter - Located west of Houghton near Cole's Creek on the Keweenaw waterway. Quincy Smelter - Located east of Hancock in Ripley on the Keweenaw Waterway Tamarack/Osceola Smelter - In Dollar Bay White Pine mine smelter - Was mostly closed in 1982 but continued to process copper and scrap material until 1984.U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Site Visit Report: Copper Range Company, White Pine Mine. Document at epa.gov Pages 4-2--4-3.
See also Copper mining in Michigan List of Copper Country mines List of Copper Country mills
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