Mine detail: Spurr Mine

Previously called 'Spurr Mountain Mine'

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Location: Baraga County, Michigan, United States, North America
Lat / long: 46.54083, -88.13254
dep_id: 10106104
mrds_id: W028539
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, Siderite
gangue: Jasper, Magnetite, Chert, Garnet, Siderite, Hornblende, Actinolite, Mica, Chlorite
alteration: Chert replaced by compact or specular hematite and magnetite
conc_proc: Hydrothermal and/or Paleosupergene Fe enrichment
ore_ctrl: Near stratigraphic top of iron-formation
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: 1873
yr_lst_prd: 1886
References:
  • Deposit:: KLASNER, J. S., AND CANNON, W. F., 1978 , BEDROCK GEOLOGY MAP OF THE SOUTHERN PART OF THE MICHIGAMME AND THREE LAKES QUADRANGLES, MARQUETTE AND BARAGA COUNTIES, MICHIGAN, USGS MAP 1 - 1078 .
  • Deposit:: LAKE SUPERIOR IRON ORE ASSOCIATION, 1938 , LAKE SUPERIOR IRON ORES ( 1ST ED. ): CLEVELAND, OHIO, P. 119 .
  • Deposit:: HANNA, T. A., 1902 , STATE OF MICHIGAN MINES AND MINERAL STATISTICS , MARQUETTE, MICHIGAN, P. 78 .
  • Deposit:: SECTION FILES, MICHIGAN GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, CLEVELAND-CLIFFS IRON CO., 1950 , SECTION FILES OF THE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY DIVISION OF MICHIGAN DEPT. OF NATURAL RESOURCES.
  • Deposit:: JOHNSON, AL, 1998, INVENTORY OF UNDERGROUND MINES, BARAGA COUNTY, MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES.
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