Mine detail: Mercer District

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Location: Iron County, Wisconsin, United States, North America
Lat / long: 46.16667, -90.08344
dep_id: 10082601
mrds_id: W060032
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Iron
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Unknown
ore: Magnetite
model: 241: Superior Fe (BC name is Lake Superior & Rapitan types iron-formation)
Reporter: Mason Jr., G.T., Nicholson, S.W., Sutphin, David M.
hrock_type: Iron Formation
References:
  • Deposit:: DUTTON, C.E., 1983, LITHOLOGY AND GEOLOGIC SETTING OF LOWER PROTEROZOIC IRON-FORMATIONS IN PARTS OF NORTHERN WISCONSIN: USGS OPEN-FILE REPORT 84-76, 15 PP.
  • Deposit:: ALLAN, R.C., AND BARRETT, L.P., 1915, CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE PRECAMBRIAN GEOLOGY OF NORTHERN MICHIGAN AND WISCONSIN: MICHIGAN GEOLOGICAL AND BIOLOGICAL SURVEY PUB. 18, GEOLOGICAL SERIES 15, P. 13-164.
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