Mine detail: Monogahela Mine

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Location: Iron County, Michigan, United States, North America
Lat / long: 46.0825, -88.3681
dep_id: 10079367
mrds_id: W028622
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Iron
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Secondary Enrichment
Production size: Unknown
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Hematite, Goethite
gangue: Chert, Pyrite, Siderite, Stilpnomelane, Chlorite, Mica
model: 241: Superior Fe (BC name is Lake Superior & Rapitan types iron-formation)
alteration: Chert and siderite to hematite and goethite in oxidation zones.
ore_ctrl: Structurally controlled in a synclinal body
Reporter: Yeager, Keith (Cannon, W.), Sutphin, D.M., Mason Jr., G.T.
hrock_type: Iron Formation
References:
  • Deposit:: JAMES, H. L., DUTTON, C. E., PETTIJOHN, F. J., WIER, K. L., 1968, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE IRON RIVER, CRYSTAL FALLS DISTRICT, IRON COUNTY, MICHIGAN. WASHINGTON, U.S. GOVT. PRINTING OFFICE, 1968, PP. 45-56, 88-110.
  • Deposit:: LAKE SUPERIOR IRON ORE ASSOCIATION, 1938, 1952, LAKE SUPERIOR IRON ORES (1ST, 2ND EDS.): CLEVELAND, OHIO. PP. 159, 119 RESPECTIVELY.
  • Deposit:: CROWELL, BENEDICT, AND MURRAY, C.B., INC., 1920, 1923, 1927, THE IRON ORES OF LAKE SUPERIOR (4TH, 5TH, 6TH EDS.): CLEVELAND, OHIO. PP. 237, 287, 309 RESPECTIVELY.
  • Deposit:: HANNA, T.A., 1902, STATE OF MICHIGAN MINES AND MINERAL STATISTICS, MARQUETTE, MICHIGAN. P. 81.
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