| Lat / long: | 45.84833, -88.03559 |
| Primary: | Iron |
| Ore: | Hematite, Magnetite, Goethite |
| Gangue: | Quartz |
| Orebody form: | STRATABOUND |
| Discovery year: | 1879 |
| Operation type: | Unknown |
| Deposit type: | Banded Iron-Rich Sedimentary Deposits |
| Production size: | Small |
| Development status: | Past Producer |
| Production years: | 1880-1881, 1886-1887, 1935 TO AL LEAST 1950. |
| First production started: | 1880 |
| Host rock: | Vulcan Iron Formation |
| Host type: | Iron Formation |
| Structure: | Major troughs into which Iron fm. has slumped; regional trends are E-W to N |
| Alteration processes: | Leaching of silica or replacement by iron oxides or a combination of these processes. |
| MRDS | W062029 |
| DEP | 10082680 |
| Reference | {Deposit:: LAKE SUPERIOR IRON ORE ASSOCIATION, 1952, LAKE SUPERIOR IRON ORES, 2D ED.: CLEVELAND, OHIO, LAKE SUPERIOR IRON ORE ASSOCIATION, 334 P.}{Deposit:: BAYLEY, R.W., AND OTHERS, 1966, GEOLOGY OF THE MENOMINEE IRON-BEARING DISTRICT, MICHIGAN AND WISCONSIN: U.S.G.S. PROFESSIONAL PAPER 513, 96 P. VAN HISE, C.E.., AND LEITH, C.E.., 1911, THE GEOLOGY OF THE LAKE SUPERIOR REGION: U.S.G.S MONOGRAPH 52, 641 P.}{Production:: LAKE SUPERIOR IRON ORE ASSOCIATION, 1952, P. 107-128.} |
| Reporter | Sutphin, D.M. (Cannon, W.F.), Mason Jr., G.T. |