Mine detail: Titan Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

46.54278, -88.18337

Resource(M)

Primary:	Iron
Ore:	Limonite, Grunerite
Gangue:	Chert, Magnetite, Hornblende, Actinolite, Garnet, Mica

Production

Operation type:	Surface-Underground
Deposit type:	Secondary Enrichment
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1882
Last production ended:	1888

Geology

Host rock:	Bijiki Iron-Formation
Host type:	Iron Formation
Alteration processes:	Replacement of cherty beds by iron oxide and alteration of fe-silicates and carbonates to iron oxides

References

MRDS	W028535
DEP	10079315
Reference	{Deposit:: KLASNER, J. S., AND CANNON, W. F., 1978 , BEDROCK GEOLOGY OF THE SOUTHERN PART OF THE MICHIGAMME AND THREE LAKES QUADRANGLES, MARQUETTE AND BARAGA COUNTIES; MICHIGAN, USGS MAP 1 - 1078 .}{Deposit:: LAKE SUPERIOR IRON ORE ASSOCIATION, 1938 , LAKE SUPERIOR IRON ORES ( 1ST ED. ): CLEVELAND, OHIO, P. 120 .}{Deposit:: SECTION FILES, MICHIGAN GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, CLEVELAND-CLIFFS IRON CO., 1954 , TITAN EXPLORATION, SECTION FILES OF THE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY DIVISION OF MICHIGAN DEPT. OF NATURAL RESOURCES.}{Deposit:: JOHNSON, A, 1998, INVENTORY OF UNDERGROUND MINES, BARAGA COUNTY, MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES.}
Reporter	Yeager, Keith (Cannon, W.), Sutphin, D.M., Mason Jr., G.T., Anderson, Arlene (M. Gere)