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 * 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