Location: | Iron County, Michigan, United States, North America |
Lat / long: | 46.08, -88.68145 |
dep_id: | 10079403 |
mrds_id: | W028930 |
Commodity type: | metallic |
Major mineral: | Iron |
Operation type: | Unknown |
Deposit type: | Secondary Enrichment |
Development status: | Prospect |
ore: | Hematite, Goethite |
gangue: | Chert, Pyrite, Siderite, Stilpnomelane, Chlorite, Mica |
alteration: | Chert and siderite to hematite and goethite in oxidation zones |
ore_ctrl: | Stratigraphically controlled. |
Reporter: | Yeager, Keith (Cannon, W.), Sutphin, D.M., Mason Jr., G.T. |
hrock_unit: | Riverton Iron-Formation |
hrock_type: | Iron Formation |
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. 45-56, 88-110.
- Deposit:: LAKE SUPERIOR IRON ORE ASSOCIATION, 1952, LAKE SUPERIOR IRON ORES (2ND ED.): CLEVELAND, OHIO. P. 115.
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