Mine detail: Iron Belt Mine

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Location: Iron County, Wisconsin, United States, North America
Lat / long: 46.39417, -90.32984
dep_id: 10082660
mrds_id: W062009
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Iron
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Goethite, Hematite
orebody_fm: STRATABOUND
model: 241: Superior Fe (BC name is Lake Superior & Rapitan types iron-formation)
alteration: Gogebic Iron Range Is In The Chlorite Metamorphic Zone In The Least Metamorphosed Area Of The Upper Peninsula.
conc_proc: Supergene
ore_ctrl: Oxidation And Leaching Of Unaltered Banded-Iron Formation To Soft Iron-Oxide Ore Bodies.
Reporter: Sutphin, David M. (Cannon, W. F.), Mason Jr., G.T.
hrock_unit: Ironwood Formation
hrock_type: Iron Formation
Structure: N-Dipping Sediments; Regional Trends Are East To West., An E-W Linear Iron Formation Going From Gogebic, Mi, To Ironwood, Mi, And To Mellen, Wi, And A Bit Farther W.
tectonic: Canadian Shield
Year first produced: 1888
yr_lst_prd: 1912
disc_yr: 1848
discr: A. Randall Discovered Low-Grade Magnetic Material During The Survey Of The Fourth Principal Meridian.
References:
  • Deposit:: EMATI
  • Deposit:: SCHMIDT, 1980: USGS BULLETIN 1460
  • Production:: LAKE SUPERIOR IRON ORE ASSOCIATION, 1952, P. 56.
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