| Location: | Iron County, Michigan, United States, North America |
| Lat / long: | 46.09111, -88.28643 |
| dep_id: | 10079378 |
| mrds_id: | W028636 |
| Commodity type: | metallic |
| Major mineral: | Iron |
| Operation type: | Surface-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: | Yeager, Keith (Cannon, W.), Sutphin, D.M., Mason Jr., G.T., Anderson, Arlene (M. Gere) |
| hrock_type: | Iron Formation |
| Year first produced: | 1892 |
| yr_lst_prd: | 1903 |
| 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. 21-23, 88-110.
- Deposit:: LAKE SUPERIOR IRON ORE ASSOCIATION, 1938, LAKE SUPERIOR IRON ORES (1ST CD.): CLEVELAND, OHIO. P. 155.
- Deposit:: HANNA, T.A., 1902, STATE OF MICHIGAN MINES AND MINERAL STATISTICS, MARQUETTE, MICHIGAN. P. 80.
- Deposit:: JOHNSON, A.M. AND GROTH, E.H., 1998, INVENTORY OF UNDERGROUND MINES, IRON COUNTY, P. 211-212, MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES.
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