| Location: | Iron County, Wisconsin, United States, North America |
| Lat / long: | 46.42806, -90.23372 |
| dep_id: | 10082661 |
| mrds_id: | W062010 |
| Commodity type: | metallic |
| Major mineral: | Iron |
| Operation type: | Unknown |
| Production size: | Medium ammount of material produced |
| Development status: | Producer |
| ore: | Goethite, Hematite |
| orebody_fm: | STRATABOUND |
| work_type: | Underground |
| 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: | 1886 |
| disc_yr: | 1848 |
| prod_yrs: | 1886 TO AT LEAST 1950, EXCEPT FOR 1921. |
| 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. 56-57.
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