Mine detail: Wakefield-Morgan Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 46.46306, -89.88566

Resource(M)

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

Production

Operation type: Underground
Deposit type: Secondary Enrichment
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1923
Last production ended: 1925

Geology

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

References

MRDSW031545
DEP10106204
Reference{Deposit:: LAKE SUPERIOR IRON ORE ASSOCIATION, 1938, LAKE SUPERIOR IRON ORES (1ST ED.): CLEVELAND, OHIO. P. 188.}{Deposit:: PRINZ, W.C., HUBBARD, H.A., 1975, PRELIMINARY MAY OF THE WAKEFIELD, QUADRANGLE, GOGEBIC COUNTY, MICHIGAN. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY DIVISION OF THE MICHIGAN DEPT. OF NATURAL RESOURCES, LANSING, MICHIGAN.}{Deposit:: JOHNSON, A.M., AND GROTH, E.H.,1998, INVENTORY OF UNDERGROUND MINES, GOGEBIC COUNTY, P. 255-256, MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES.}
ReporterYeager, Keith (Cannon, W.), Sutphin, D.M., Mason Jr., G.T., Anderson, Arlene (M. Gere)