Mine detail: Cannon Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

46.07722, -88.61505

Resource(M)

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

Production

Operation type:	Underground
Deposit type:	Secondary Enrichment
Production size:	Large
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1953
Last production ended:	1962

Geology

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

References

MRDS	W028959
DEP	10079424
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:: 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. 59-62, MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES.}
Reporter	Anderson, Arlene (M. Gere), Sutphin, D.M., Mason Jr., G.T., Yeager, Keith (Cannon, W.)