Tailings Pond, Marquette County, Michigan

450 acres

Surface Area

1,419 ft

Surface Elevation

Where It Sits, and How Deep It Goes

Locator - Michigan

46.43 degrees N, 87.64 degrees W - Marquette County. State and county outlines drawn from Census boundary data; the lake marker is placed by its Michigan DNR coordinates, not by eye. Schematic - not a survey map.

Facts and Figures

Waterbody IDHYDRO-8548

CountyMarquette

Coordinates46.4259, -87.6411

Deepest Natural Lakes in Michigan

#	Lake	County	Surface Area	Max Depth
1	Torch Lake	Antrim	18,713 acres	285 ft
2	Elk Lake	Antrim	8,194 acres	192 ft
3	Crystal Lake	Benzie	9,865 acres	175 ft
4	Lake Angeline	Marquette	-	162 ft
5	Syphon Lake	Luce	11 acres	160 ft

Largest Lakes in Michigan

#	Lake	County	Surface Area	Max Depth
1	Houghton Lake	Roscommon	20,070 acres	21 ft
2	Torch Lake	Antrim	18,713 acres	285 ft
3	Burt Lake	Cheboygan	17,393 acres	73 ft
4	Lake Charlevoix	Charlevoix	17,256 acres	120 ft
5	Mullett Lake	Cheboygan	16,702 acres	120 ft

Sources: Michigan DNR lake data (ID HYDRO-8548); USGS. Verified October 30, 2026.