Mine detail: Castile-Meteor Mine

Previously called 'Comet'

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Location

Lat / long: 46.48139, -89.90816

Resource(M)

Primary: Iron
Ore: Hematite
Gangue: Chert, Pyrite, Martite

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Secondary Enrichment
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer

Geology

Host rock:Ironwood Iron-Formation
Host type:Iron Formation
Alteration processes:Chert to hematite in oxidation zones.

References

MRDSW030499
DEP10106144
Reference{Deposit:: LAKE SUPERIOR IRON ORE ASSOCIATION, 1938, LAKE SUPERIOR IRON ORES (1ST ED.): CLEVELAND, OHIO, P. 182}{Deposit:: CROWELL, BENEDICT, AND MURRAY, C.B., INC., 1911, 1914, 1917, 1920, 1923, THE IRON ORES OF LAKE SUPERIOR (1ST-5TH EDS.): CLEVELAND, OHIO, PP. 81-82, 167, 218, 195-196, 245-246 RESPECTIVELY.}{Deposit:: PRINZ, W.C., HUBBARD, H.A., 1975, PRELIMINARY MAP OF THE WAKEFIELD QUADRANGLE, GOGEBIC COUNTY, MICHIGAN. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY DIVISION OF MICHIGAN DEPT. OF NATURAL RESOURCES, LANSING, MICHIGAN.}{Deposit:: HANNA, T.A., 1902, STATE OF MICHIGAN MINES AND MINERAL STATISTICS, MARQUETTE, MICHIGAN. P. 75.}
ReporterYeager, Keith (Cannon, W.), Sutphin, D.M., Mason Jr., G.T.