Mine detail: Pike Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

46.485, -89.94204

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

MRDS	W031539
DEP	10106203
Reference	{Deposit:: LAKE SUPERIOR IRON ORE ASSOCIATION. 1938, LAKE SUPERIOR IRON ORES (1ST ED.): CLEVELAND, OHIO. P. 185.}{Deposit:: PRINZ, W.C., 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.}
Reporter	Yeager, Keith (Cannon, W.), Sutphin, D.M., Mason Jr., G.T.