Mine detail: Dow-Ludington

Previously called 'Dow Chemical Co. PlantLudington Plant'

Location:	Mason County, Michigan, United States, North America
Lat / long:	43.9386, -86.43308
dep_id:	10122363
mas_id:	261050006
Commodity type:	metallic and nonmetallic
Major mineral:	Magnesite
Minor mineral:	Bromine, Calcium
Operation type:	Brine Operation
Development status:	Producer
work_type:	Underground
Reporter:	Wilburn, David R.
Year first produced:	1942
References:	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.