Mine detail: Armania Mine

Previously called 'Angus SmithSmith Mine'

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Location

Lat / long:

46.1075, -88.26365

Resource(M)

Primary:	Iron
Ore:	Hematite, Goethite, Limonite
Gangue:	Chert, Magnetite, Sericite, Chlorite

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Secondary Enrichment
Production size:	Unknown
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1889
Last production ended:	1914

Geology

Host type:	Iron Formation
Alteration processes:	Chert to hematite (goethite, limonite) in oxidation zones.

References

MRDS	W028651
DEP	10079389
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. 21-23, 88-110.}{Deposit:: CROWELL, BENEDICT, AND MURRAY, C. B., INC., 1911, 1914, THE IRON ORES OF LAKE SUPERIOR (1ST, 2ND EDS.): CLEVELAND, OHIO. PP. 102-103, 184-185 RESPECTIVELY.}{Deposit:: LAKE SUPERIOR IRON ORE ASSOCIATION, 1938, LAKE SUPERIOR IRON ORES (1ST ED.): CLEVELAND, OHIO. P. 144.}{Deposit:: HANNA, T. A., 1902, STATE OF MICHIGAN MINES AND MINERAL STATISTICS, MARQUETTE, MICHIGAN. P. 79.}
Reporter	Sutphin, D.M., Mason Jr., G.T., Yeager, Keith (Cannon, W.)