Mine detail: Corry**Mine

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Location

Lat / long: 46.06389, -88.61116

Resource(M)

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

Production

Operation type: Underground
Deposit type: Secondary Enrichment
Production size: Unknown
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1922
Last production ended: 1928

Geology

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

References

MRDSW028921
DEP10079396
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, 1938, LAKE SUPERIOR IRON ORES (1ST ED): CLEVELAND, OHIO. P. 149.}{Deposit:: JOHNSON, A.M. AND GROTH, E.H., 1998, INVENTORY OF UNDERGROUND MINES, IRON COUNTY, P. 97-98, MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES.}
ReporterYeager, Keith (Cannon, W.), Sutphin, D.M., Mason Jr., G.T., Anderson, Arlene (M. Gere)