Mine detail: Riverside Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 46.43417, -88.02475

Resource(M)

Primary: Iron
Gangue: Quartz, Chert, Mica, Garnet, Actinolite

Production

Operation type: Underground
Deposit type: Secondary Enrichment
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1888
Last production ended: 1893

Geology

Host rock:Negaunee Iron-Formation
Host type:Iron Formation
Alteration processes:Chert to hematite & magnetite in oxidation zones.

References

MRDSW028529
DEP10079311
Reference{Deposit:: SECTION FILES, MICHIGAN GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, FORD MOTOR CO., 1924 ; MENOMINEE IRON AND LAND CO., EXPLORATION BY OLIVER MINING CO, 1911 - 1912 , SECTION FILES OF GEOLOGICAL SURVEY DIVISION OF MICHIGAN DEPT. OF NATURAL RESOURCES, LANSING, MICHIGAN.}{Deposit:: LAKE SUPERIOR IRON ORE ASSOCIATION, 1938 , LAKE SUPERIOR IRON ORE ( 1ST ED. ): CLEVELAND, OHIO, P. 118 .}{Deposit:: KLASNER, J. S., AND CANNON, W. F., 1976 , GEOLOGIC MAP AND GEOPHYSICAL INTERPRETATION OF THE WITCH LAKE QUADRANGLE, MARQUETTE, IRON AND BARAGA COUNTIES, MICHIGAN: US GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, MISCELLANEOUS INVESTIGATIONS SERIES MAP I-987 .}
ReporterYeager, Keith (Cannon, W.), Sutphin, D.M., Mason Jr., G.T.