Mine detail: Vicar Mine (Wakefield Lease)

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 46.47972, -89.88177

Resource(M)

Primary: Iron
Ore: Hematite
Gangue: Chert, Pyrite, Martite

Production

Operation type: Underground
Deposit type: Secondary Enrichment
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1950
Last production ended: 1951

Geology

Host rock:Ironwood Iron-Formation
Host type:Iron Formation
Alteration processes:Chert to hematite

References

MRDSW030498
DEP10079771
Reference{Deposit:: LAKE SUPERIOR IRON ORE ASSOCIATION, 1952, LAKE SUPERIOR IRON ORES (2ND ED.): CLEVELAND, OHIO, P. 60.}{Deposit:: PRINZ, W.L., HUBBARD, H.A., 1975, PRELIMINARY MAP OF THE WAKEFIELD QUADRANGLE, GOGEBIC COUNTY, MICHIGAN. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY DIVISION OF THE MICHIGAN DEPT. OF NATURAL RESOURCES, LANSING, MICHIGAN.}{Deposit:: JOHNSON, A.M., AND GROTH, E.H., A., 1998, INVENTORY OF UNDERGROUND MINES, GOGEBIC COUNTY, P. 253-255, MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES.}
ReporterYeager, Keith (Cannon, W.), Sutphin, D.M., Mason Jr., G.T.