Mine detail: Mcdonald Mine

Previously called 'MaggieNorth Armenia'

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Location: Iron County, Michigan, United States, North America
Lat / long: 46.11139, -88.26337
dep_id: 10079374
mrds_id: W028631
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Iron
Operation type: Underground
Deposit type: Secondary Enrichment
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Hematite, Goethite, Limonite
gangue: Chert, Magnetite, Sericite, Chlorite
model: 241: Superior Fe (BC name is Lake Superior & Rapitan types iron-formation)
alteration: Chert to hematite (goethite, limonite) in oxidation zones.
ore_ctrl: Structurally controlled, associated with faulting.
Reporter: Anderson, Arlene (M. Gere), Yeager, Keith (Cannon, W.), Sutphin, D.M., Mason Jr., G.T.
hrock_type: Iron Formation
Year first produced: 1909
yr_lst_prd: 1913
References:
  • Deposit:: JAMES, H.L., DUTTON, C.E., PETTIJOHN, F.I., WIER, K.L., 1968, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE IRON RIVER, CRYSTAL FALLS DISTRICT, IRON COUNTY, MICHIGAN. WASHINGTON, U.S. GOVT. PRINTING OFFICE, 1908. PP. 21-23, 88-110.
  • Deposit:: LAKE SUPERIOR IRON ORE ASSOCIATION, 1938, LAKE SUPERIOR IRON ORES (1ST ED.): CLEVELAND, OHIO. P. 158.
  • Deposit:: CROWELL,BENEDICT, AND MURRAY, C.B., INC., 1914, THE IRON ORES OF LAKE SUPERIOR (2ND ED.): CLEVELAND, OHIO. P. 206.
  • Deposit:: JOHNSON, A.M. AND GROTH, E.H., 1998, INVENTORY OF UNDERGROUND MINES, IRON COUNTY, P. 253-254, MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES,
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