Mine detail: Hiawatha Mine #1

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 46.07528, -88.64533

Resource(M)

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

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Secondary Enrichment
Production size: Large
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1893
Last production ended: 1967

Geology

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

References

MRDSW028931
DEP10079404
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, 1952, LAKE SUPERIOR IRON ORES (2ND ED.): CLEVELAND, OHIO. P. 116.}{Deposit:: CROWELL, BENEDICT, AND MURRAY, C.B., INC., 1923, 1927, 1930, THE IRON ORES OF LAKE SUPERIOR (5TH-7TH EDS.): CLEVELAND, OHIO. PP. 282, 302-303, 272-273 RESPECTIVELY.}{Deposit:: REED, R.C., 1975, ONE THOUSAND MILLION TONS, MICHIGAN IRON ORE SHIPMENTS THROUGH 1974, CIRCULAR 12, GEOLOGICAL SURVEY DIVISION OF MICHIGAN DEPT. OF NATURAL RESOURCES, LANSING, MICHIGAN, 1975. P. 9.}{Deposit:: JOHNSON, A.M. AND GROTH, E.H., 1998, INVENTORY OF UNDERGROUND MINES, IRON COUNTY, P. 178-185, MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES.}
ReporterYeager, Keith (Cannon, W.), Sutphin, D.M., Mason Jr., G.T., Anderson, Arlene (M. Gere)