Mine detail: Lee Peck Mine

Previously called 'Cherry Valley'

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Location: Iron County, Michigan, United States, North America
Lat / long: 46.09722, -88.27032
dep_id: 10079392
mrds_id: W028655
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: Yeager, Keith (Cannon, W.), Sutphin, D.M., Mason Jr., G.T., Anderson, Arlene (M. Gere)
hrock_type: Iron Formation
Year first produced: 1887
yr_lst_prd: 1900
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 ED.): CLEVELAND, OHIO. P. 156.
  • Deposit:: JOHNSON, A.M. AND GROTH, E.H., 1998, INVENTORY OF UNDERGROUND MINES, IRON COUNTY, P. 234-235, MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES.
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