Mine detail: Homer-Wauseca Mine

Previously called 'Homer Mine'

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Location

Lat / long: 46.11556, -88.65699

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: 1947
Last production ended: 1969

Geology

Host rock:Riverton Iron-Formation
Host type:Iron Formation
Associated rock:Stambaugh Formation, Hiawatha Graywacke
Structure:Major troughs; regional trends: E-W, NE-SW, NW-SE, forming triangle., Troughs into which Iron formation has slumped.
Alteration processes:Chert and siderite to hematite and goethite in oxidation zones.

References

MRDSW028933
DEP10079406
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., 1917, 1920, 1923, 1927, THE IRON ORES OF LAKE SUPERIOR (3RD-6TH EDS.): CLEVELAND, OHIO. PP. 257, 232-233, 283, 303-304.}{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:: MINERAL INDUSTRY OF MICHIGAN, 1969; 1971 ANNUAL STATISTICAL SUMMARY 13}{Deposit:: JAMES, H. L., ET. AL., 1968, U. S. G. S. PROF. PAPER 570.}{Deposit:: JAMES, H. L., 1955, ZONES OF REGIONAL METAMORPHISM IN THE PRECAMBRIAN OF NORTHERN MICH., G. S. A. BULL., V. 66, P. 1455-1488.}{Deposit:: DUTTON, C. E. AND P. W. ZIMMER, 1968, IRON ORE DEPOSITS - MENOMINEE DIST., MICH., IN ORE DEP. U. S. 1933-1967, THE GRATON-SALES VOL., J. D. RIDGE, ED., V. 1, P. 538-549.}{Deposit:: JOHNSON, A.M. AND GROTH, E.H., 1998, INVENTORY OF UNDERGROUND MINES, IRON COUNTY, P. 198-204, MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES.}
ReporterYeager, Keith (Cannon, W.), Sutphin, D.M., Mason Jr., G.T., Anderson, Arlene (M. Gere)