Detroit Copper & Brass

Historical marker location:

174 S Clark St, Detroit, Michigan

( Marker is on South Clark Street, 0.1 miles north of West Jefferson Avenue, on the left when traveling north.)

Marker installed: 1980

The Upper Peninsula of Michigan was once a major center for copper mining. The Keweenaw Peninsula was home to the largest concentration of copper mines in the world in the mid-19th century, and copper was an important natural resource for the state's economy.