Mine detail: Wickwire Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

46.08583, -88.64477

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:	1911
Last production ended:	1917

Geology

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

References

MRDS	W028946
DEP	10079415
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, 1952, LAKE SUPERIOR IRON ORES (1ST, 2ND EDS.): CLEVELAND, OHIO. PP. 165, 124 RESPECTIVLY.}{Deposit:: JOHNSON, A.M. AND GROTH, E.H., 1998, INVENTORY OF UNDERGROUND MINES, IRON COUNTY, P. 347-349, MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES,}
Reporter	Yeager, Keith (Cannon, W.), Sutphin, D.M., Mason Jr., G.T., Anderson, Arlene (M. Gere)