Mine detail: Steward Mine (Orleans)

Previously called 'OrleansStewart'

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Location: Baraga County, Michigan, United States, North America
Lat / long: 46.53611, -88.15726
dep_id: 10106103
mrds_id: W028536
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Iron
Operation type: Underground
Deposit type: Secondary Enrichment
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Hematite, Grunerite, Limonite
gangue: Jasper, Chert, Hornblende, Actinolite, Magnetite, Garnet, Mica
alteration: Chert replaced by compact or specular hematite and magnetite
conc_proc: Hydrothermal and/or Paleosupergene Fe enrichment
ore_ctrl: Upward facing or open structures of folding or faulting
Reporter: Yeager, Keith (Cannon, W.), Sutphin, D.M., Mason Jr., G.T., Anderson, Arlene (M. Gere)
hrock_unit: Negaunee Iron-Formation
hrock_type: Iron Formation
Year first produced: 1874
yr_lst_prd: 1878
References:
  • Deposit:: LAKE SUPERIOR IRON ORE ASSOCIATION, 1938 , LAKE SUPERIOR IRON ORES ( 1ST ED. ): CLEVELAND, OHIO, P. 120 .
  • Deposit:: SECTION FILES, MICHIGAN GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, CLEVELAND-CLIFFS IRON CO., 1950 , STEWARD MINE EXPLORATION, SECTION FILES OF THE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY DIVISION OF MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES.
  • Deposit:: JOHNSON, A, 1998, INVENTORY OF UNDERGROUND MINES, BARAGA COUNTY, MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES.
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