| Location: | Iron County, Michigan, United States, North America |
| Lat / long: | 46.21611, -88.42672 |
| dep_id: | 10082684 |
| mrds_id: | W062033 |
| Commodity type: | metallic |
| Major mineral: | Iron |
| Operation type: | Unknown |
| Deposit type: | Banded Iron-Rich Sedimentary Deposits |
| Production size: | Small ammount of material produced |
| Development status: | Past Producer |
| ore: | Hematite, Magnetite, Goethite |
| gangue: | Quartz |
| orebody_fm: | STRATABOUND |
| model: | 241: Superior Fe (BC name is Lake Superior & Rapitan types iron-formation) |
| alteration: | Leaching of silica or replacement by iron oxides or a combination of these processes. |
| conc_proc: | Metamorphism of Vulcan iron formation has locally increased grain size and made some material more amenable to concentration than less metamorphosed iron formation. |
| Reporter: | Anderson, Arlene (M. Gere), Sutphin, D.M. (Cannon, W.F.), Mason Jr., G.T. |
| hrock_unit: | Vulcan Iron Formation |
| hrock_type: | Iron Formation |
| Structure: | Major troughs into which Iron fm. has slumped; regional trends are E-W to N |
| Year first produced: | 1885 |
| yr_lst_prd: | 1911 |
| disc_yr: | 1849 |
| prod_yrs: | 1885-1887, AND 1908-1911 |
| References: |
- 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.
- Deposit:: JOHNSON, A.M. AND GROTH, E.H., 1998, INVENTORY OF UNDERGROUND MINES, IRON COUNTY, P. 163-165, MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES.
- Production:: LAKE SUPERIOR IRON ORE ASSOCIATION, 1952, P. 107-128.
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