Mine detail: Bengal Mine

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Location: Iron County, Michigan, United States, North America
Lat / long: 46.07861, -88.62172
dep_id: 10079419
mrds_id: W028952
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Iron
Operation type: Underground
Deposit type: Secondary Enrichment
Production size: Medium ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
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: Sutphin, D.M., Mason Jr., G.T., Yeager, Keith (Cannon, W.)
hrock_type: Iron Formation
Year first produced: 1913
yr_lst_prd: 1963
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. 108.
  • Deposit:: CROWELL, BENEDICT, AND MURRAY, C.B., INC., 1914, 1917, 1920, 1923, 1927, 1930, THE IRON ORES OF LAKE SUPERIOR (2ND-7TH EDS.): CLEVELAND, OHIO. PP. 186-187, 241, 218, 268, 287-288, 258 RESPECTIVLY.
  • Deposit:: JOHNSON, A.M. AND GROTH, E.H., 1998, INVENTORY OF UNDERGROUND MINES, IRON COUNTY, P. 23-27, MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES.
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