Mine detail: Lamont Mine

Previously called 'Moniter MineLamont-Paint River Mine'

<< Back to the map

Location

Lat / long:

46.10833, -88.33143

Resource(M)

Primary:	Iron
Ore:	Hematite, Goethite
Gangue:	Chert, Pyrite, Siderite, Stilpnomelane, Chlorite, Mica

Production

Operation type:	Underground
Deposit type:	Secondary Enrichment
Production size:	Unknown
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1889
Last production ended:	1910

Geology

Host type:	Iron Formation
Alteration processes:	Chert and siderite to hematite and goethite in oxidation zones.

References

MRDS	W028634
DEP	10106110
Reference	{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. PP45-56, 88-110.}{Deposit:: LAKE SUPERIOR IRON ORE ASSOCIATION, 1938, LAKE SUPERIOR IRON ORES (1ST CD.): CLEVELAND, OHIO. P. 156.}{Deposit:: HANNA, T.A., 1902, STATE OF MICHIGAN MINES AND MINERAL STATISTICS, MARQUETTE, MICHIGAN. P. 80.}{Deposit:: JOHNSON, A.M. AND GROTH, E.H., 1998, INVENTORY OF UNDERGROUND MINES, IRON COUNTY, P. 230-231, MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES.}
Reporter	Yeager, Keith (Cannon, W.), Sutphin, D.M., Mason Jr., G.T., Anderson, Arlene (M. Gere)