Mine detail: South Mastodon Mine

Previously called 'Manhattan'

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Location: Iron County, Michigan, United States, North America
Lat / long: 46.035, -88.37671
dep_id: 10106108
mrds_id: W028625
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Iron
Operation type: Underground
Deposit type: Secondary Enrichment
Production size: Unknown
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Hematite, Goethite
gangue: Chert, Pyrite, Siderite, Stilpnomelane, Chlorite, Mica
model: 241: Superior Fe (BC name is Lake Superior & Rapitan types iron-formation)
alteration: Chert and siderite to hematite and goethite in oxidation zones
ore_ctrl: Structurally controlled in synclinal body.
Reporter: Yeager, Keith (Cannon, W.), Sutphin, D.M., Mason Jr., G.T., Anderson, Arlene (M. Gere)
hrock_type: Iron Formation
Year first produced: 1881
yr_lst_prd: 1890
References:
  • Deposit:: JAMES, H.L., DUTTON,C.E., PETTIJOHN, F.J., WIER, K.L., 1968, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE IRON RIVER, CRYSTAL FALLS DISTRICT, IRON COUNTY, MICHIGAN. WASHINGTON, U.S. GOVT. PRINTING OFFICE, 1968. PP. 45-56, 88-110.
  • Deposit:: LAKE SUPERIOR IRON ORE ASSOCIATION, 1938, LAKE SUPERIOR IRON ORES (1ST ED.): CLEVELAND, OHIO. P. 163
  • Deposit:: JOHNSON, A.M., AND GROTH, E.H., 1998, INVENTORY OF UNDERGROUND MINES, IRON COUNTY, P. 309-310, MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES,
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