Mine detail: Dow-Ludington

Previously called 'Dow Chemical Co. PlantLudington Plant'

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Location

Lat / long: 43.9386, -86.43308

Resource(B)

Primary: Magnesite
Secondary: Bromine, Calcium

Production

Operation type: Brine Operation
Development status: Producer
First production started: 1942

Geology

References

MAS261050006
DEP10122363
Reference{Deposit:: COMSTOCK, H.B. MAGNESIUM AND MAGNESIUM COMPOUNDS, A}{Deposit:: MATERIALS SURVEY. BUMINES IC 8201, 1963, 128 PP.}{Deposit:: COPP, A.N., AND R. WARDLE. MAGNESIUM COMPOUNDS. CH. IN}{Deposit:: ENCYCLOPEDIA OF CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY, ED. BY R.N. KIRK}{Deposit:: AND J.A. OTHMER. JOHN WILEY & SONS, INC., V. 14,}{Deposit:: 3RD ED., 1981, PP. 615-646.}{Deposit:: DOW CHEMICAL COMPANY. MAGNESIUM HYDROXIDE HANDBOOK.}{Deposit:: COMPANY PUBLICATION, FORM 101-94-81, 1981, 17 PP.}{Deposit:: DOW CHEMICAL COMPANY. DOW CHEMICAL IN LUDINGTON.}{Deposit:: COMPANY PUBLICATION, 1980.}{Deposit:: EGLESON, G.C., AND C.W. QUERIO. VARIATION IN THE}{Deposit:: COMPOSITION OF BRINE FROM THE SYLVANIA FORMATION NEAR}{Deposit:: MIDLAND, MICHIGAN. ENVIRON. SCI. AND TECHNOL.,}{Deposit:: V. 3, NO. 4, 1969, PP. 369-371.}{Deposit:: LILIENTHAL, R.T. STRATIGRAPHIC CROSS-SECTIONS OF THE}{Deposit:: MICHIGAN BASIN. MICH. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY RI 19, 1978, 30 PP.}{Deposit:: MICHIGAN GEOLOGICAL SURVEY. NATURAL BRINES OF MICHIGAN.}{Deposit:: 1976, 6 PP.; AVAILABLE FROM MINING AND ECONOMIC UNIT,}{Deposit:: MICH. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, LANSING, MI.}{Deposit:: MIKAMI, H.M. REFRACTORY MAGNESIA. PRES. AT CONF. FOR}{Deposit:: RAW MATERIALS FOR REFRACTORIES, TUSCALOOSA, AL,}{Deposit:: FEBRUARY 8-9, 1982, 40 PP.; AVAILABLE FROM}{Deposit:: REFRACTORIES INSTITUTE, PITTSBURGH, PA.}{Deposit:: SORENSEN, H.O., AND R.T. SEGALL. NATURAL BRINES OF THE}{Deposit:: DETROIT RIVER GROUP, MICHIGAN BASIN. SEC. IN FOURTH}{Deposit:: SYMPOSIUM OF SALT, ED. BY A.H. COOGAN. NORTHERN OHIO}{Deposit:: GEOL. SOC., INC., CLEVELAND OH, 1973, PP. 91-99.}{Deposit:: WALDEN, W.A. PRODUCTION OF SALT IN MICHIGAN. 1979, 10 PP.;}{Deposit:: AVAILABLE FROM MINING AND ECONOMIC GEOLOGY UNIT,}{Reserve-Resource:: SMITH, G.J., C.L. JONES, W.C. CULBERTSON, G.E. ERICKSEN,}{Reserve-Resource:: AND J.R. DYNI. EVAPORITES AND BRINES. CH. IN}{Reserve-Resource:: UNITED STATES MINERAL RESOURCES, ED. BY D.A. BROBST AND}{Reserve-Resource:: W.P. PRATT. U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER 820, 1973,}{Reserve-Resource:: PP. 197-216.}
ReporterWilburn, David R.