Mine detail: Black River Falls

Previously called 'Ron MoundSeven Mile Mound MineBlack River Falls MineJackson County Iron Mine.'

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Location: Jackson County, Wisconsin, United States, North America
Lat / long: 44.29306, -90.72513
dep_id: 10072338
mrds_id: W017463
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Iron
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Large ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Hematite, Magnetite
gangue: Quartz
orebody_fm: TABULAR
alteration: Other: Moderate
conc_proc: Sedimentation: Metamorphism
ore_ctrl: Lithology: Bedding
Reporter: Weeks, Robert, Sutphin, David M., Mason Jr., G.T.
hrock_unit: Black River Falls Iron
hrock_type: Iron Formation
Year first produced: 1969
yr_lst_prd: 1982
prod_yrs: 1969 TO 1982
discr: Inland Steel Co.
References:
  • Deposit:: HEYL, A.V., JR., AGNEW, A.F., LYONS, E.J., AND BEHRE, C.H., JR., WITH SPECIAL SECTIONS BY FLINT, A.E., 1959, THE GEOLOGY OF THE UPPER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY ZINC-LEAD DISTRICT: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 309, 310 P
  • Production:: MINERALS YEARBOOK 1983, V. II, DOMESTIC, P. 604
  • Reserve-Resource:: MARSDEN, 1978
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