Mine detail: Felch Properties

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Location:	Dickinson County, Michigan, United States, North America
Lat / long:	45.99389, -87.81446
dep_id:	10082707
mrds_id:	W062057
Commodity type:	metallic
Major mineral:	Iron
Operation type:	Surface
Deposit type:	Banded Iron-Rich Sedimentary Deposits
Production size:	No production occurred
Development status:	Prospect
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:	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
disc_yr:	1851
prod_yrs:	NONE
References:	Deposit:: DUTTON, C. E. AND ZIMMER, P. W., 1968, IRON ORE DEPOSITS OF MENOMINEE DISTRICT, MICHIGAN, (IN) ORE DEPOSITS OF THE UNITED STATES, 1933 - 1967: A.I.M.E., THE GRATON-SALES VOLUME, V. 1, P. 538 - 549. Deposit:: JAMES, H. L., 1955, ZONES OF REGIONAL METAMORPHISM IN PRECAMBRIAN OF NORTHERN MICHIGAN, G.S.A. BULLETIN, V. 66, P. 1455 - 1488. Deposit:: LAKE SUPERIOR IRON ORE ASSOCIATION, 1952, LAKE SUPERIOR IRON ORES: CLEVELAND, OHIO, 2D ED., 334 P. Deposit:: LAKE SUPERIOR IRON ORE ASSOCIATION, 1938, LAKE SUPERIOR IRON ORES. Deposit:: VAN HISE AND BAYLEY, 1897: U.S.G.S. MONOGRAPH 28. 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.