Mine detail: Mikado Mine

Previously called 'RhinelanderUnited'

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Location

Lat / long: 46.47556, -89.97566

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
First production started: 1895
Last production ended: 1917

Geology

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

References

MRDSW030503
DEP10106145
Reference{Deposit:: LAKE SUPERIOR IRON ORE ASSOCIATION, 1952, LAKE SUPERIOR IRON ORES (2ND ED.): CLEVELAND, OHIO, P. 56.}{Deposit:: CROWELL, BENEDICT, AND MURRAY, C.B., INC., 1914, 1917, THE IRON ORES OF LAKE SUPERIOR (2ND, 3RD EDS.): CLEVELAND, OHIO, PP. 171-172, 224 RESPECTIVELY.}{Deposit:: PRINZ, W.L., HUBBARD, H.A., 1975, PRELIMINARY MAP OF THE WAKEFIELD QUADRANGLE, GOGEBIC COUNTY, MICHIGAN. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY DIVISION OF THE 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.