Mine detail: Lee Peck Mine

Previously called 'Cherry Valley'

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Location

Lat / long:

46.09722, -88.27032

Resource(M)

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

Production

Operation type:	Underground
Deposit type:	Secondary Enrichment
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1887
Last production ended:	1900

Geology

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

References

MRDS	W028655
DEP	10079392
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:: 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.}
Reporter	Yeager, Keith (Cannon, W.), Sutphin, D.M., Mason Jr., G.T., Anderson, Arlene (M. Gere)