Mine detail: Book Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 46.05611, -88.3706

Resource(M)

Primary: Iron
Ore: Hematite, Goethite
Gangue: Chert, Pyrite, Siderite, Stilpnomelane, Chlorite, Mica

Production

Operation type: Surface-Underground
Deposit type: Secondary Enrichment
Production size: Unknown
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1942
Last production ended: 1958

Geology

Host type:Iron Formation
Alteration processes:Chert and siderite to hematite and goethite in oxidation zones.

References

MRDSW028649
DEP10079387
Reference{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, 1952, LAKE SUPERIOR IRON ORES (2ND ED.): CLEVELAND, OHIO. P. 108.}{Deposit:: SECTION FILES, MICHIGAN GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, NORTH RANGE MINING CO., 1944, 1946, SECTION FILES OF THE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY DIVISION OF THE MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES, LANSING, MICHIGAN.}{Deposit:: JOHNSON, A.M. AND GROTH, E.M., 1998, INVENTORY OF UNDERGROUND MINES, IRON COUNTY, P. 38-40, MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES.}
ReporterAnderson, Arlene (M. Gere), Yeager, Keith (Cannon, W.), Sutphin, D.M., Mason Jr., G.T.